[Silicate calculi: report of two cases].
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.
Koroku
M
M
Sanjyukai Hospital.
Tanda
H
H
Katoh
S
S
Onishi
S
S
Nakajima
H
H
Nanbu
A
A
Nitta
T
T
Akagashi
K
K
D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017640:Silicates / Q000032:analysis*; D013055:Spectrophotometry, Infrared; D014514:Ureteral Calculi / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy
D017640:Silicates