| Literature DB >> 16602004 |
Belde Kasap1, Alper Soylu, Oğuz Oren, Mehmet Türkmen, Salih Kavukçu.
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INTRODUCTION: Medullary sponge kidney (MSK) is characterized by cystic dilatation of the inner medullary collecting ducts, which causes the kidneys to resemble a sponge. CASE REPORT: Although distal renal tubular acidosis (dRTA) is commonly observed in patients with MSK, we report a 5-year-old girl with MSK who had features of both dRTA (nephrocalcinosis, hypercalciuria, hypocitraturia) and proximal tubular dysfunction (hyperuricosuria, impaired tubular phosphate reabsorption and proteinuria). DISCUSSION: Metabolic acidosis, hypercalciuria, hypocitraturia, tubular phosphate reabsorption and growth retardation in the patient improved with alkali therapy.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID: 16602004 DOI: 10.1007/s00431-006-0125-0
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Eur J Pediatr ISSN: 0340-6199 Impact factor: 3.183