PURPOSE To evaluate the prevalence of testicular microlithiasis among pediatric patients with inguinoscrotal affections. METHODS Between January 2005 and January 2010, we evaluated, prospectively 1504 children ranging from 1 to 15 years with inguinoscrotal affections with a high-frequency ultrasound system, which employs a 10-MHz transducer. RESULTS Testicular microlithiasis was identified ...

Testicular microlithiasis is an asymptomatic condition associated with calcification within theseminiferous tubule, natural history of which not clearly known.Association varioustesticular malignancies warrant regular follow up in patients microlithiasis.
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Renal or calyceal microlithiasis is a common disorder with increasing prevalence especially in infants and younger children. The main presenting symptoms and the underlying metabolic abnormalities of renal microlithiasis are similar to renal stone. Although renal microlithiasis is considered as a main problem of the health system with diverse etiologies, our information about its natural course...

In approximately 20% of patients with acute pancreatitis, a cause is not established by history, physical examination, routine laboratory testing, and abdominal imaging. For those with a single unexplained attack, the role of invasive evaluation with endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography is unsettled but has been generally limited to those patients with suspected bile duct stones or ma...

Testicular microlithiasis was found in a 30-year-old infertile man. The literature is reviewed and the possible influence of testicular microlithiasis on male infertility is discussed.

Abstract Background SARS-COV-2 infection is known to cause tissue damage in several organs outside of the respiratory tract. The pathogenesis hypothesized be caused by direct viral damage, endothelial injury, and ischemic or thrombotic events. Gastrointestinal symptoms were first characterized mainly as diarrhea diffuse abdominal pain discomfort, which can hard interpret setting a generalized i...

Pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis is a rare pulmonary disorder that is caused by abnormal sodium-dependent phosphate co-transporter from the mutation of SLC34A2 gene, leading to accumulation of microliths in the alveoli. We report the extensive pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis in an elderly woman who presented with progressive dyspnea for 2 months. Chest radiograph revealed diffuse pulmonary c...

Pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis is characterized by the presence of calcospherites in alveolar spaces. Sporadic cases are more common, but the disease also presents in an inherited familial form. The greatest number of reported cases is from Europe and especially Turkey. We present a 43-year-old female with complaints of dyspnea for many years. She had a suspicious familial ...

PURPOSE To evaluate the occurrence of testicular microlithiasis in pediatric age group by means of ultrasonography (US) examinations and to review the literature for pediatric testicular microlithiasis cases accompanied by testicular and extratesticular tumors. MATERIALS AND METHODS Nine children aged 3-16 years (mean age, 9.2 years) with testicular microlithiasis had been evaluated with US i...