| Literature DB >> 2835848 |
E Higashihara1, K Nutahara, T Niijima.
Abstract
Sixteen patients with medullary sponge kidney (MSK) and renal stones underwent evaluation of calcium metabolism and acid base balance. Six normal subjects and eight patients with non-MSK absorptive hypercalciuria served as control. Nine (56%) were hypercalciuric and seven (44%) were normocalciuric (N-MSK). Hypercalciuria was divided into absorptive (AH-MSK, n = 2) and renal leak hyerpcalciuria (RH-MSK, n = 7). The mean of minimal urine pH of RH-MSK group (5.28 +/- 0.09 (SE] was significantly higher than that of normal control (4.78 +/- 0.12) and of non-MSK AH (4.80 +/- 0.6) during acute acid challenge. The mean of the arterial blood HCO3 concentration of RH-MSK group was significantly lower than that of two control groups. The urine calcium and a frequency of stone passage were decreased significantly after alkali treatment in RH-MSK.Entities:
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Year: 1988 PMID: 2835848 DOI: 10.1007/BF00261964
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Urol Res ISSN: 0300-5623