Urinary calculus in Zambia: its incidence and relationship to Schistosoma haematobium infection and vesicovaginal fistula.
Radiological, cystoscopic and histological observations were made on 41 cases of urinary stones in a hospital in Zambia. The results of biochemical analysis of 31 of these stones are presented. The possible role of Schistosoma haematobium in the causation of urinary stones has been analysed; associated schistosomiasis was diagnosed in 17 cases (41.4%). It is concluded that there is no significant causal association between the two disorders and urolithiasis is an uncommon disease in Zambians.
D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012548:Schistosoma haematobium; D012552:Schistosomiasis / Q000150:complications*; D014545:Urinary Calculi / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000378:metabolism; D014719:Vesicovaginal Fistula / Q000150:complications*; D015024:Zambia