Pictured: The 2.5lb kidney stone the size of a coconut surgeons removed from a man's stomach



The largest kidney stones most doctors ever get to see is the size of a golf ball.



So surgeons in Hungary were taken aback when they removed a stone the size of a coconut from a man earlier today.

Sandor Sarkadi underwent an abdominal operation in Debrecen, 150 miles east of Budapest, after doctors discovered he had a kidney stone inside him that was 17 centimetres in diameter.

Huge: Patient Sandor Sarkadi has had this 17 centimetre in diameter kidney stone removed

Mr Sardaki was rushed into an operation theatre in the Kenez Gyula Hospital when an X-ray revealed he was carrying around the gigantic lump.

The delicate procedure to remove the stone, which weighed a staggering 2.48lbs, passed without incident.

Kidney stones vary in size. They can be as small as a grain of sand or as large as a golf ball, which makes Mr Sarkadi's stone all the more remarkable.

Urologist Judit Csorba holds the huge kidney stone up for Mr and Mrs Sarkadi to see

Most stones pass through the body by themselves within hours or a few days. Doctors advise patients to drink a lot of fluids to help this process, and sometimes recommend a special diet.



Stones of a larger variety have to be surgically removed.

An X-ray earlier in the day revealed the sheer size of Mr Sardaki's stone







