Familial prostatic calcification in childhood associated with cranial-bone thickening: Review of literature and report of three cases

OBJECTIVES: To review the few published cases of prostatic calculi, a rare condition in children, and to report three further cases. METHODS: The databases PUBMED and HINARI were searched using the keywords ‘childhood’ and ‘prostatic calculi’; the search included reports from 1956 to the present. Further cases from three families with children having prostatic calculi are reported here. RESULTS: Four cases were recorded previously but no association was stated between the presence of calculi and cranial-bone abnormality. CONCLUSIONS: Prostatic calculi in childhood are rare; the condition requires further study and clarification.