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01-06-2016 | Original Paper

Predicting the mineral composition of ureteral stone using non-contrast computed tomography

Authors: Takashi Kawahara, Hiroshi Miyamoto, Hiroki Ito, Hideyuki Terao, Manabu Kakizoe, Yoshitake Kato, Hitoshi Ishiguro, Hiroji Uemura, Masahiro Yao, Junichi Matsuzaki

Published in: Urolithiasis | Issue 3/2016

Abstract

We investigated the correlation between computed tomography (CT) density of ureteral stones and their mineral composition. A total of 346 patients who underwent ureteroscopic lithotripsy for calculi all fragments of which were acquired at a single institution from 2009 to 2011 were analyzed. The maximum and mean CT densities were measured preoperatively. A mineral analysis revealed calcium oxalate in 203 (58.7 %), mixed calcium oxalate and calcium phosphate in 78 (23.0 %), calcium phosphate in 18 (5.2 %), uric acid in 8 (2.3 %), struvite in 3 (0.9 %), and cysteine in 5 (1.4 %). The mean Hounsfield units (HUs) of the CT density were 1046 HUs in calcium oxalate, 1101 HUs in mixed calcium oxalate and calcium phosphate, 835 HUs in calcium phosphate, 549 HUs in uric acid, 729 HUs in struvite, and 698 HUs in cystine. The HUs in calcium oxalate were significantly higher than those in uric acid (p < 0.01) and struvite (p < 0.01). Those in monohydrate stones were significantly higher, compared with dehydrate stones (p < 0.05). We analyzed the largest number of stones than each published study to correlate their mineral composition and CT density. Calcium component stones showed significantly higher CT densities than other types.

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Title: Predicting the mineral composition of ureteral stone using non-contrast computed tomography
Authors: Takashi Kawahara
Hiroshi Miyamoto
Hiroki Ito
Hideyuki Terao
Manabu Kakizoe
Yoshitake Kato
Hitoshi Ishiguro
Hiroji Uemura
Masahiro Yao
Junichi Matsuzaki
Publication date: 01-06-2016
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Urolithiasis / Issue 3/2016
Print ISSN: 2194-7228
Electronic ISSN: 2194-7236
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00240-015-0823-z

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