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    TABLE 34-1 Types of Renal Stones

    Percentage of Radiograph
    Type total cases radi-opacity Comments
    Calcium salts 75-85 +++ Male predominance
    (oxalate, phosphate)
    Struvite 10-15 ++ Associated with urease-producing
    (MgNH4PO4) organisms and staghorn calculi; female
    predominance
    Uric acid 5-8 0 Approximately half have gout
    Cystine 1 + Mildly radiopaque due to sulfur
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    Figure 1
    Single-Energy CT Imaging of Nephrolithiasis

    Single-energy CT does not show differences in kidney stone composition. Here, a stone from
    a 74-year-old with known calcium nephrolithiasis (A) looks the same as that from a 50-year-
    old with known uric acid nephrolithiasis (B).

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