UROLITHIASIS IN PATIENTS WITH HIRSCHSPRUNGS-DISEASE

Although patients with Hirschsprung's disease (HD) carry some factors that increase the risk of urolithiasis this fact seems to be underesti mated. Among 302 patients with HD, four patients (1.32%) with urolithi asis were encountered. Since factors increasing the risk of urolithias is such as urinary tract infection, constipation, vesicoureteral reflu x, enteric resections and malabsorption may be encountered during the course of HD, an increased risk of urolithiasis in these patients shou ld be expected.