title: [Urinary lithiasis in children: a study of 20 cases].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report the cases of urolithiasis in children and to assess epidemiological, clinical and therapeutically aspects.
  
  
  METHODS
  We study retrospectively the cases of urolithiasis in children of 0 to 15 years old between 2003 and 2008. The parameters of study were: age, sex, clinical and therapeutically aspects.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We report 20 cases. The mean age was 5.4 years. The sex-ratio was 9/1. Dysuria was the most common symptom. Abdominal plain radiography associate with ultrasonography permitted the diagnostic in most cases. Stone location was in the bladder mainly (n = 12). Posterior Urethra valves were the common etiology found. The surgical treatment was performed in all cases and consisted of cystolithotomy in the majority.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Children urinary stones are less common than in adults. The etiologies are different but the treatment is coming to be alike.
authors.affiliation: Service d’Urologie-Andrologie, CHU Aristide le Dantec, Dakar, Senegal.yahyasowdj@yahoo.fr
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sow
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Coulibaly
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Fall
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sarr
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Fall
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: NDoye
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ba
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Diagne
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain; D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D053159:Dysuria / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008096:Lithotripsy; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D052878:Urolithiasis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*