Extensive prostatic calculi in alkaptonuria: An unusual manifestation of rare disease

Gaurav Sali; Appu Thomas; Ginil Kumar; Balagopalan Nair; Kalvampara Sanjeevan; Georgie Mathew; Kannan Nair

doi:10.1016/j.ajur.2015.06.003

Extensive prostatic calculi in alkaptonuria: An unusual manifestation of rare disease

Asian J Urol. 2015 Jul;2(3):179-181. doi: 10.1016/j.ajur.2015.06.003. Epub 2015 Jun 25.

Authors

Gaurav Sali¹, Appu Thomas¹, Ginil Kumar¹, Balagopalan Nair¹, Kalvampara Sanjeevan¹, Georgie Mathew¹, Kannan Nair¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Urology, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Ponekkara, P. O Kochi, Kerala, India.

Abstract

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 prostatic calculi was found to be alkaptonuric on further evaluation.

Keywords: Alkaptonuria; Calculi; Lower urinary tract symptoms; Prostate; Young.

Publication types

Case Reports