Urolithiasis in black Africans.
Urinary calculus is not uncommon in black Africans as shown by the experience of one hospital in a large town such as Kinshasa. The causation remains mostly undetermined. Populations along the Zaire river appear to be more affected. Chemical composition is classic. Clinical features are aggravated in Africans by serious complications requiring more surgical procedures. Although urinary schistosoma is an endemic disease in Zaire, it was not associated with urolithiasis.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D044383:Black People; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015023:Democratic Republic of the Congo; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014545:Urinary Calculi / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy