Urolithiasis in Children.
- Author:
Kyoung Seg CHAE
1
;
Soo Bang RYU
Author Information
1. Department of Urology, Chonnam University Medical School Hospital, Kwangju, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
urolithiasis;
childhood
- MeSH:
Child*;
Humans;
Hypercalciuria;
Male;
Recurrence;
Schools, Medical;
Urinary Calculi;
Urinary Tract;
Urolithiasis*
- From:Korean Journal of Urology
1986;27(1):118-122
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
There were 26 children with urolithiasis evaluated clinically who were admitted in Chonnnam University Medical School Hospital between l975 and 1984. Male patients predominated l2 to l. Age ranged from lO months to 14 years with a mean age of 7.3 years. Most of the stones (80.8 per cent) were found in the lower urinary tract. Abnormalities of the urinary tract were presented in 4 patients (l5.4 per cent) but no causative factor was demonstrable in 22 (84.6 per cent). Idiopathic hypercalciuria and hyperuricosuria were found in 3 and 2, respectively, of ll patients with idiopathic urolithiasis. The recurrences of urinary stone were observed in 5 of 26 patients (19.2 per cent).
