Sri Lanka doctors remove 'world's largest kidney stone'

A military medical officer measuring a kidney stone removed from a retired soldier that weighed 801g and measured 13.37cm. - AFP

COLOMBO (AFP): Sri Lankan military doctors have removed what is now recorded as the world's largest kidney stone from a 62-year-old retired soldier, the army said Wednesday (June 14).

The stone removed from ex-sergeant Canistus Coonge weighed 801 grams (28.25 ounces), more than five times the weight of an average male kidney, the army said.