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What is the most common type of kidney stone? Gallstone?

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  #2

Kidney stone= calcium oxalate
Gallstone= calcium bilirubinate

  #3

My semi educated guess is:
1) calcium oxalate or calcium phosphate stonesor both -kidney

2)cholesterol stones with calcium bilirubinate pigment

**radioopaque-calcium,struvite,cystine, seen on simple XRay

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  #4

You are correct! grin

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