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Prostatic Stones: Evidence of a Specific Chemistry Related to Infection and Presence of Bacterial Imprints

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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.

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hal-01468504 , version 1 (15-02-2017)

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Arnaud Dessombz, Paul Méria, Dominique Bazin, Michel Daudon, Niels Olsen Saraiva Câmara. Prostatic Stones: Evidence of a Specific Chemistry Related to Infection and Presence of Bacterial Imprints. PLoS ONE, 2012, 7 (12), pp. e51691. ⟨10.1371/journal.pone.0051691⟩. ⟨hal-01468504⟩
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