Korean J Urol.  1986 Feb;27(1):118-122.

Urolithiasis in Children

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  • 1Department of Urology, Chonnam University Medical School Hospital, Kwangju, Korea.

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).

Keyword

urolithiasis; childhood

MeSH Terms

Child*
Humans
Hypercalciuria
Male
Recurrence
Schools, Medical
Urinary Calculi
Urinary Tract
Urolithiasis*
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