Cystine Stone : Report of Two Cases.
- Author:
Sang Tai HAH
1
;
Jin Han YOON
;
Jong Byung YOON
Author Information
1. Department of Urology, College of Medicine, Busan National University, Busan, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
cystine stone
- MeSH:
Adult;
Anthozoa;
Calculi;
Cystine*;
Female;
Humans;
Hydrogen-Ion Concentration;
Kidney;
Male;
Middle Aged;
Recurrence;
Tiopronin;
Ureter
- From:Korean Journal of Urology
1981;22(4):451-455
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
We herein report 2 cases of patient with urinary cystine stones. One was a 32-year-old woman and the other was a 52-year-old man. Each patient was found to have cystine crystals in urine and had a renal coral stone and multiple renal or ureteral stones. The female patient undertook a combined right pyelolithotomy and nephrolithotomy. But a few stones were remained in the kidney The removed stones consisted of a large staghorn stone and many small stones and were equivalent to cystine stones described in references macroscopically The male patient was treated conservatively. After discharge they have been treated with Thiola, large fluid intake and conversion of urine pH. And to date no recurrence has been noted in the female. There was decrease in size of left renal staghorn calculi in the male.
