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Directional growth of renal calculi.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  458938     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
The forces involved in shaping urinary calculi reside in crystalline characteristics and especially in local influences. Box pleves may restrict passage and, by allowing mobility, help shape a round calculus. Fixation, occurring with a rapidly growing infection stone, facilitates initial growth on a matrix mold in a funnel pelvis, further aided by pelviocaliceal paralysis from bacterial endotoxins and later by stasis. Branched calculi are further shaped by contact with the pelvic and infundibular walls. Through pressure and mucous coating they grow only at the ends. Late caliceal obstruction frees the ends for clubbing. Consideration of these forces aids in prognosis and surgical removal, and may offer opportunities for prevention.
Authors:
F Hinman
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  The Journal of urology     Volume:  121     ISSN:  0022-5347     ISO Abbreviation:  J. Urol.     Publication Date:  1979 Jun 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1979-09-25     Completed Date:  1979-09-25     Revised Date:  2004-11-17    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0376374     Medline TA:  J Urol     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  700-5     Citation Subset:  AIM; IM    
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Calcium Oxalate
Crystallization
Humans
Kidney Calculi / pathology*,  physiopathology,  radiography
Pressure
Prognosis
Urodynamics
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
25454-23-3/Calcium Oxalate

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