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Urolithiasis, Staghorn Updated 4/2010

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BASICS

  • Description
  • Epidemiology
  • Risk Factors
  • Pathophysiology
  • Associated Conditions

DIAGNOSIS

  • Signs and Symptoms
  • Tests
  • Differential Diagnosis

TREATMENT

  • Medication (Drugs)
  • Surgery
  • Additional Treatment | Radiotherapy

Ongoing Care

  • Prognosis
  • Complications
  • Follow-Up Recommendations
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BASICS
Description
  • A staghorn calculus is a branching calculi that fills the majority of the intrarenal collecting system.
  • Complete staghorns involve the renal pelvis and branch into minor/major infundibulum and calyces.
  • Partial staghorn: Incomplete filling of the intrarenal collecting system
  • Typically consist of pure forms or combinations of:
    • Struvite (magnesium ammonium phosphate or triple phosphate), usually due to infection
    • Calcium carbonate apatite
    • Cystine stones: Calcium oxylate and calcium phosphate (very uncommon)
Epidemiology

More common in women

Risk Factors
  • Chronic indwelling catheters
  • Metabolic disorders such as hyperoxaluria, cystinuria, or hypercalciuria
  • Propagated by states of stasis and/or obstruction
  • Recurrent UTIs
  • Reflux of urine, neurogenic bladder, preexisting stone disease, stricture disease
  • Urinary diversions
Pathophysiology
  • Any type of calculus can form a ...

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