medullary sponge kidney/creatinine

Thirty eight patients with medullary sponge kidney (MSK) were detected (4.3%) in 881 patients with urolithiasis diagnosed by drip infusion pyelography in 12 years from January 1974 to December 1985. Those with MSK were studied clinically and as to metabolism of urolithiasis. The results obtained

Objective: To evaluate the effects of percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PNL) in the treatment of medullary sponge kidney with calculi. Methods: A total of 77 patients (91 renal units) of medullary sponge kidney with calculi (MSK group) and 77 patients (77 renal units) with common kidney stone (control

The objective of this study was to ascertain the likelihood of underlying renal disease or essential hypertension in women diagnosed antepartum as having pre-eclampsia. One hundred eighty-six women (antepartum diagnosis of pre-eclampsia in 87 women and gestational hypertension, also known as "mild

Eight patients (6 women and 2 men) with osteoporosis caused or aggravated by renal acidification defects are presented. Three of the female patients were premenopausal; the others were 9, 20 and 22 years postmenopausal, and two of them were on hormonal replacement therapy. Two patients had

OBJECTIVE We determined the incidence and spectrum of metabolic abnormalities in patients with caliceal diverticular calculi. METHODS Five men and 9 women with caliceal diverticular calculi underwent metabolic evaluation, including determination of serum electrolytes, calcium, phosphate and uric