Сomparison of fluorescence dyes for amyloid detection in prostate stones

Abstract

Prostatic calculi are predominantly inorganic deposits that readily found in prostatic glands. They are stained in a different manner than corpora amylacea, which are predominantly organic a myloid deposits and also readily found in ageing prostate. When prostatic calculi reach millimetre dimensions they can be easily extracted and analysed for composition purposes. The results of such an analysis suggest that prostatic calculi contain organic inclusions from various peptides. It is also believed that peptides forming organic part play crucial role in the biogenesis of prostatic calculi (Sfanos K.S. et al, 2009). A lot of authors support the idea of calculi formation by the mineralization process of corpora amylacea.