We determined the correlation between prostatic calculi and lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS), as well as the predisposing factors of prostatic calculi. Of the 1 527 patients who presented at our clinic for LUTS, 802 underwent complete evaluations, including transrectal ultrasonography, voided bladder-3 specimen and international prostatic symptoms score (IPSS). A total of 335 patients with p...

Background: Prostatic calculi are common in men who are evaluated for benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) or prostate cancer, but the significance of prostatic calculi with respect to urological diseases and symptoms is obscure. In most cases, when symptoms are present, they are usually nonspecific. The majority of calculi are discovered incidentally, usually by means of a radiological investiga...

Prostatic calculi are common and are associated with inflammation of the prostate. Recently, it has been suggested that this inflammation may be associated with prostate carcinogenesis. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between prostatic calculi and prostate cancer (PCa) in prostate biopsy specimens. We retrospectively analyzed 417 consecutive patients who underwent tran...

Prostatic calculi are a common finding on transrectal prostate ultrasound. However, it remains unclear whether they are significantly associated with lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS). Our objective was to evaluate the association between prostatic calculi and LUTS with a focus on "calculi burden" because no studies have investigated prostatic calculi using "calculi burden" as an indicator. A...

Prostatic calculi often occur in middle-aged and old men. Prostatic calculi are usually classified as primary/endogenous stones or secondary/extrinsic stones. Endogenous stones are commonly caused by obstruction of the prostatic ducts around the enlarged prostate by benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) or by chronic inflammation. Extrinsic stones occur mainly around the urethra, because they are ...

To investigate whether prostatic calculi might influence the urinary retention (UR) probability, the quality of life (QOL) and the positive rate of cancer after prostate biopsy in middle-aged and old male with PSA higher than normal. This study comprised a retrospective analysis of data from 685 patients (prostatic calculi group 325 VS non-prostatic calculi group 360), those who had undergone t...

Extensive prostatic calculi in a young man should always elicit the suspicion of alkaptonuria. Although prostatic calculi are seen in chronic prostatitis, chronic pelvic pain syndrome and benign prostate hyperplasia, none of these have prostatic calculi or calcification as extensive as in alkaptonuria. A 36 years young man who had severed obstructive lower urinary tract symptoms with extensive ...

819 Large Prostatic Calculi Causing Urethral Obstruction Sung Hyun Paick, Sung Wook Yoon, Minki Baek, Hyeong Gon Kim, Yong Soo Lho From the Department of Urology, Konkuk University College of Medicine, Seoul, Medwin Urology Clinic, Hanam, Korea Although prostatic calculi are common, complications are fortunately rare. Here, we report a case of prostatic calculi causing urethral obstruction. A 6...

OBJECTIVES To review the few published cases of prostatic calculi, a rare condition in children, and to report three further cases. METHODS The databases PUBMED and HINARI were searched using the keywords 'childhood' and 'prostatic calculi'; the search included reports from 1956 to the present. Further cases from three families with children having prostatic calculi are reported here. RESUL...