title: [Silicate calculi: report of two cases].
abstract: Two patients, aged 53 and 55, discharged stones spontaneously. Infrared spectrophotometry of the stones demonstrated silicate. They had no history of taking magnesium silicate. Thirty cases of silicate calculi previously reported in the Japanese literature are reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Sanjyukai Hospital.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Koroku
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tanda
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Katoh
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Onishi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nakajima
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nanbu
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nitta
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Akagashi
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017640:Silicates / Q000032:analysis*; D013055:Spectrophotometry, Infrared; D014514:Ureteral Calculi / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy
chemical_list: D017640:Silicates