No abstract available.
Hyperaldosteronism* ; Nephrocalcinosis*

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Child ; Humans ; Hypercalciuria ; Nephrocalcinosis

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Eating* ; Furosemide* ; Nephrocalcinosis*

A case of unilateral nephrocalcinosis was presented in a 14-year-old Korean adolescent, with chief complaints of vague or dull pain of the left flank region for about 2 months duration, especially during exertion. Clinical and radiological study confirmed that the left kidney showed total and diffuse calcification and Accordingly stony consistency proved. Postoperatively. Surgical removal of the kidney was successful and uneventful with complete disappearancesof the complaints Brief review of literature was also made.
Adolescent ; Humans ; Kidney ; Nephrocalcinosis*

Renal involvement is not uncommon in primary Sjogren's syndrome; however, it is clinically insignificant in most cases. Distal renal tubular acidosis accounts particularly for the majority. While the underlying distal renal tubular acidosis is an important cause of nephrocalcinosis and urolithiasis, nephrocalcinosis is rarely a presenting feature of primary Sjogren's syndrome. We report a 65-year-old woman who was diagnosed with distal renal tubular acidosis accompanied by primary Sjogren's syndrome, according to nephrocalcinosis, which was incidentally identified by an abdominal ultrasonography during a medical examination.
Acidosis, Renal Tubular ; Female ; Humans ; Hypokalemia ; Nephrocalcinosis ; Sjogren's Syndrome ; Urolithiasis

Acute phosphate nephropathy (APhN) following oral sodium phosphate solution (OSP) ingestion as a bowel purgative has been frequently reported. It was recently suggested that APhN could progress to chronic kidney disease (CKD) and a history of APhN might be considered as one of the causes of CKD. However, there are few reports proving APhN as a cause of CKD. Here, we report a case of APhN that progressed to CKD, as proven by renal biopsy.
Biopsy ; Eating ; Nephrocalcinosis ; Phosphates ; Renal Insufficiency, Chronic ; Sodium

Renal stone and nephrocalcinosis are common clinical manifestations of type 1 renal tubular acidosis. In normal state, citrate plays the most critical role in suppressing stone formation as it combines with calcium. In type 1 RTA, increased reabsorption of citrate in proximal tubule results in low citrate excretion, which precipitates renal stone formation. We report a case of type 1 RTA accompanying renal stone and nephrocalcinosis caused by hypocitraturia. A 16-year-old male patient who had renal stone and nephrocalcinosis showed hypocitraturia. Incomplete type 1 RTA was proved as the cause of hypocitraturia by bicarbonate and ammonium loading test in the patient.
Acidosis, Renal Tubular* ; Adolescent ; Ammonium Compounds ; Calcium ; Citric Acid ; Humans ; Male ; Nephrocalcinosis*

Sjogren's syndrome is an autoimmune exocrinopathy that develops into systemic autoimmune disease in 25% of patients, leading to general complications, one of which is kidney involvement. It presents mainly as interstitial nephritis, disclosed by hyposthenuria, distal renal tubular acidosis and diabetes insipidus. We here describe one case of secondary Sjogren syndrome with distal renal tubular acidosis who developed nephrocalcinosis and renal insufficiency.
Acidosis, Renal Tubular* ; Autoimmune Diseases ; Diabetes Insipidus ; Humans ; Kidney ; Nephritis, Interstitial ; Nephrocalcinosis ; Renal Insufficiency ; Sjogren's Syndrome*

Patients with medullary spongy kidney(MSK) who recurrently form and pass stones are in danger of developing obstructive nephropathy. Since extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) was introduced to treat urinary tract stones, the shock wave application to MSK with stones has been performed. Between February, 1990 and August, 1992, 11 renal units in 7 patients were diagnosed as stones in MSK on intravenous urography. These patients were all symptomatic with hematuria and/or flank pain, and then treated by ESWL. The number of stone-burden minor calyces was 1 to3 in 2 cases( 18.2%), 4 to 6 in 8 cases ( 72.7% ) and 7 or more in 1 case(9.1%). The average numbers of treatment for these stones were 8.5, 13.4 and 4 sessions, respectively and the average storage was 386, 470 and 115, respectively. Reduction in the number and size of the stones on plain films was more than ?5% in 5 cases( 45.4%), 25 to 75% in 4 cases( 36.4%), and less than 25% in 2 cases( 13.2%). Serum creatinine, blood urea nitrogen, and creatinine clearance rate did not show any change after the treatments. The post-ESWL complication was only persistent gross hematuria for 4 days in 1 case( 14.3% ) In conclusion, although ESWL does not clear the stones completely, the ESWL is considered to be an effective procedure to prevent an obstructive nephropathy and to reduce the frequency of symptomatic stone passage in medullary spongy kidney with stones.
Blood Urea Nitrogen ; Creatinine ; Flank Pain ; Hematuria ; Humans ; Kidney* ; Lithotripsy* ; Nephrocalcinosis* ; Shock* ; Urinary Calculi ; Urography

Bartter syndrome is a rare disorder characterized by the association of hypokalemic hypochloremic metabolic alkalosis, hyperreninemia, hyperaldosteronemia, short stature and nephrocalcinosis. This disorder presents with hyperplasia of juxtaglomerular apparatus on renal biopsy. We experienced a case of late-onset Bartter syndrome with nephrocalcinosis in a 9-year-old boy, whose chief pictures were muscle weakness, short stature, persistent sterile pyuria and microscopic hematuria. We report this case with a brief review of related literatures.
Alkalosis ; Bartter Syndrome* ; Biopsy ; Child ; Hematuria ; Humans ; Hyperplasia ; Juxtaglomerular Apparatus ; Male ; Muscle Weakness* ; Nephrocalcinosis ; Pyuria