CLINICAL STUDIES ON CHILDHOOD UROLITHIASIS
1986 Volume 77 Issue 5 Pages 737-741
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1986 Volume 77 Issue 5 Pages 737-741
Clinical studies were performed on childhood urolithiasis treated in our clinic from 1960 to 1984.
The results were as follows:
1) The number of childhood urolithiasis was 41 accounting 1.4% of all urolithiasis during the same period.
2) Male: female ratio was 2:1 and the mean of the age was 10 years.
3) 45% of the cases showed bacteriuria and E. coli was the most common urinary pathogen.
4) The most common symptoms were hematuria and flank pain, like in adult cases.
5) Calculi were located in 9 cases in the renal pelvis, in 16 in the ureter and in 2 at both places. In 12 cases calculi were found in the urinary bladder.
6) Stone analysis showed a predominance of calcium oxalate or magnesium ammonium phosphate containing calculi.
7) The causative factors or cofactors we established were malformation of the urinary tract in 3 cases, urinary tract infection in 4 cases and metabolic disorders in 12 cases.
8) Recurrent lithiasis was seen in only two cases.
