title: Preputial calculus in a neurologically-impaired child.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Preputial calculi are rarely encountered in childhood.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 5-year-old boy with symptoms of chronic balanoposthitis.
  
  
  METHODS
  A preputial stone was documented and removed at circumcision.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Uneventful postoperative recovery.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In children, association between phimosis and neurologic impairment represent predisposing condition for preputial stone formation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Emergency Clinical Hospital for Children Maria Sklodowska Curie, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Carol Davila Bucharest, Romania. Correspondence to: Dr Spataru Radu-Iulian: 20, Bld. Brancoveanu C., PC 041451, Emergency Clinical Hospital for Children Maria Sklodowska Curie, Bucharest, Romania. radu_spataru@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: R I
authors.initials: RI
authors.lastname: Spataru
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Iozsa
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ivanov
mesh_terms: D002137:Calculi / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D010409:Penile Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D010413:Penis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery