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- Title
Prostatic Stones: Evidence of a Specific Chemistry Related to Infection and Presence of Bacterial Imprints.
- Authors
Dessombz, Arnaud; Méria, Paul; Bazin, Dominique; Daudon, Michel
- Abstract
Prostatic stones are a common condition in older men in industrialized countries. However, aging appears not to be the unique pathogenesis of these calcifications. Our morpho-constitutional investigation of 23 stone samples suggested that infection has a significant role in the lithogenic process of prostate calcifications, even without detection of infection by clinical investigation. Most stones (83%) showed bacterial imprints and/or chemical composition, suggestive of a long-term infection process. Chronic infection may induce persistent inflammation of the tissue and secondarily, a cancerization process within a few years. Thus, the discovery of prostate calcifications by computerized tomodensitometry, for example, might warrant further investigation and management to search for chronic infection of the prostate gland.
- Subjects
EXOCRINE glands; CALCIUM in the body; BIOMINERALIZATION; MORPHIDAE; DEVELOPED countries
- Publication
PLoS ONE, 2012, Vol 7, Issue 12, p1
- ISSN
1932-6203
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0051691