Familial prostatic calcification in childhood associated with cranial-bone thickening: Review of literature and report of three cases

Usama Nihad Rifat; Mustafa Mohammed

doi:10.1016/j.aju.2011.10.010

Familial prostatic calcification in childhood associated with cranial-bone thickening: Review of literature and report of three cases

Arab J Urol. 2011 Dec;9(4):245-50. doi: 10.1016/j.aju.2011.10.010. Epub 2011 Dec 1.

Authors

Usama Nihad Rifat¹, Mustafa Mohammed¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Urology, Medical City Hospital, Baghdad, Iraq.

Abstract

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.

Results: Four cases were recorded previously but no association was stated between the presence of calculi and cranial-bone abnormality.

Conclusions: Prostatic calculi in childhood are rare; the condition requires further study and clarification.

Keywords: Childhood; Cranial bone; Prostatic calculi.

Publication types

Review