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

作     者：Gaurav Sali Appu Thomas Ginil Kumar Balagopalan Nair Kalvampara Sanjeevan Georgie Mathew Kannan Nair 

作者机构：Department of UrologyAmrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research CentrePonekkaraP.O KochiKeralaIndia 

出 版 物：《Asian Journal of Urology》 (亚洲泌尿外科杂志（英文）)

年 卷 期：2015年第2卷第3期

页      面：179-181页

学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100210[医学-外科学(含：普外、骨外、泌尿外、胸心外、神外、整形、烧伤、野战外)] 10[医学] 

主　　题：Alkaptonuria Calculi Lower urinary tract symptoms Prostate Young 

摘      要：Extensive prostatic calculi in a young man should always elicit the suspicion of *** 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.