[18 cases of surgically treated parathyroid adenoma responsible for urinary calculi]

The development of urinary lithiasis as a result of parathyroid lesions is not an exceptional occurrence and should be routinely looked for. Among the 30 cases of parathyroid adenoma identified during a 25-year period in a department of urology in a medium-sized town, 18 were detected following the occurrence of urinary lithiasis. Clinical features in these 18 cases, as well as the investigations that led to the discovery of the adenoma are reported. The surgical cervicotomy technique used by the same operators is briefly described. In other countries (Germany, Switzerland, Italy), the detection and management of parathyroid adenomas is often considered as within the field of urology.