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Volume9, Issue1

Prediction of chemical composition of urinary calculi in vivo based on CT attenuation values: An analytical study

    Aravind Murugesan, Mossadeq A, Govardhanan R, Ratna Vasanthan S

European Journal of Molecular & Clinical Medicine, 2022, Volume 9, Issue 1, Pages 978-985

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Abstract

Introduction: Chemically, stones are of various types including calcium stones, uric acid
stones, struvite stones and cystine stones among others. Each pathophysiological group has a
predisposition to form certain kind of stones. Hence, knowledge of the chemical composition
of the stone that a patient forms can and does direct the management of the patient.
Objectives: To evaluate if the chemical composition of urinary stones can be predicted with
mean Hounsfield Unit (HU) value on computed tomography (CT).
Methods: This is prospective and analytical study conducted in the Department of Radiology
of a tertiary care teaching hospital in India. Patients diagnosed with urinary stones who had a
non-contrast CT done and had stone retrieved were included in the study. The predominant
chemical composition of the stone was analysed by X-ray diffraction crystallography.
Results: Fifty-one stones of four types were studied. Statistically significant (p<0.001)
differences were seen in the mean HU, maximum HU and median HU values between all the
four types. No significant difference was observed in the difference between periphery and
core HU values. Hierarchy of density among the stone types correlated with previous studies
but absolute measurements varied among different studies.
Conclusion:Mean HU of urinary stones correlates with their chemical composition. Calcium
oxalate monohydrate, calcium oxalate dihydrate, uric acid and hydroxyapatite stones can be
differentiated on their CT attenuation parameters if a database of attenuation characteristics
for stones of known composition is built for given scanner and protocol.
Keywords:
    computed tomography calcium oxalate monohydrate calcium oxalate dihydrate uric acid
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(2022). Prediction of chemical composition of urinary calculi in vivo based on CT attenuation values: An analytical study. European Journal of Molecular & Clinical Medicine, 9(1), 978-985.
Aravind Murugesan, Mossadeq A, Govardhanan R, Ratna Vasanthan S. "Prediction of chemical composition of urinary calculi in vivo based on CT attenuation values: An analytical study". European Journal of Molecular & Clinical Medicine, 9, 1, 2022, 978-985.
(2022). 'Prediction of chemical composition of urinary calculi in vivo based on CT attenuation values: An analytical study', European Journal of Molecular & Clinical Medicine, 9(1), pp. 978-985.
Prediction of chemical composition of urinary calculi in vivo based on CT attenuation values: An analytical study. European Journal of Molecular & Clinical Medicine, 2022; 9(1): 978-985.
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