Journal Reviews

The origins of urinary stone disease

1 May 2017 | | Endourology and Stones | calcification, kidney, physiological, urinary tract physiology, urolithiasis

This is a descriptive paper of micro CT scans of tubular mineralisation in 12 nephrectomy specimens. The authors noted that: in the small number of specimens examined, mineralisation started in the outer medulla and appeared to proceed distally along the...