Prostatic calculi are a common finding on transrectal prostate ultrasound. However, it remains unclear whether they are significantly associated with lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS). Our objective was to evaluate the association between prostatic calculi and LUTS with a focus on "calculi burden" because no studies have investigated prostatic calculi using "calculi burden" as an indicator. A...

Objective: Patients with suspected urinary tract disease are often referred for multiple studies such as excretory urography (EU), ultrasound (US), computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). With the recent development of multislice helical CT, many institutions have started to evaluate the use of CT as a single imaging test that partially or completely replaces EU. This stud...

Computer tomography through the kidneys, ureters and bladder (CT KUB) is the mainstay investigation of suspected renal tract calculi. However, several pathologies other than renal tract calculi can cause apparent urinary bladder calcification. We describe the case of a 45 year old man who presented with left sided renal colic. Prone CT KUB performed on admission revealed a calcified urachal rem...

Pneumatic lithotripsy is a minimally invasive technique mainly for the treatment of urinary staghorn stones. Previous literatures have reported some therapeutic complications during or after this procedure, but calculi embolism has not been mentioned before.We report here a fatal case of calculi-induced pulmonary embolism in an adult woman who underwent pneumatic lithotripsy. An autopsy did not...

Biochemical investigations done on the blood and urine of currently healthy, uncomplicated patients previously treated by either proctocolectomy and ileostomy or colectomy and ileorectal anastomosis for ulcerative colitis were compared with estimations on matched controls. The most striking finding was the reduced urine volume, and to a lesser extent its sodium content, in patients with ileosto...

We describe the case of a patient with calcium oxalate monohydrate and calcium oxalate dihydrate calculi occluded in cavities. All those calculi were located inside narrow cavities covered with a thin epithelium that permits their visualization. Urinary biochemical analysis showed high calciuria, not hypercalciuria, hypocitraturia, and a ratio [calcium]/[citrate] >0.33. The existence of cavitie...