Preputial calculus: a case report.
A preputial calculus developed postoperatively in a child with epispadias. Analysis of the pathophysiological development of this lesion and a review of the literature are presented. The inert subpreputial space may become calculogenic in the presence of phimosis and urinary stasis.
D002137:Calculi / Q000209:etiology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004842:Epispadias / Q000601:surgery; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications*; D005549:Foreign-Body Reaction / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010409:Penile Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D010413:Penis; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology; D013537:Sutures