James C Williams1, Haider Al-Awadi1, Manognya Muthenini2, Sharon B Bledsoe1, Tarek El-Achkar2, Andrew P Evan1, Fredric Coe3, James E Lingeman4, Elaine M Worcester3. 1. Department of Anatomy, Cell Biology & Physiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. 2. Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. 3. Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA. 4. Department of Urology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
Abstract
Introduction: About 1 in 11 Americans will experience a kidney stone, but underlying causes remain obscure. The objective of the present study was to separate idiopathic calcium oxalate stone formers by whether or not they showed positive evidence of forming a stone on Randall's plaque (RP). Materials and Methods: In patients undergoing either percutaneous or ureteroscopic procedures for kidney stone removal, all stone material was extracted and analyzed using micro-CT imaging to identify those attached to RP. Twenty-four-hour urine samples were collected weeks after the stone removal procedure and patients were off of medications that would affect urine composition. The endoscopic video was analyzed for papillary pathology (RP, pitting, plugging, dilated ducts, and loss of papillary shape) by an observer blinded to the data on stone type. The percent papillary area occupied by RP and ductal plugging was quantified using image analysis software. Results: Patients having even one stone on RP (N = 36) did not differ from non-RP patients (N = 37) in age, sex, BMI, or other clinical characteristics. Compared with the non-RP group, RP stone formers had more numerous, but smaller, stones, more abundant papillary RP formation, and fewer ductal plugs, both by quantitative measurement of surface area (on average, three times more plaque area, but only 41% as much plug area as in non-RP patients) and by semiquantitative visual grading. Serum and blood values did not differ between RP and non-RP stone formers by any measure. Conclusions: Growth of many small stones on plaque seems the pathogenetic scheme for the RP stone-forming phenotype, whereas the non-RP phenotype stone pathogenesis pathway is less obvious. Higher papillary plugging in non-RP patients suggests that plugs play a role in stone formation and that these patients have a greater degree of papillary damage. Underlying mechanisms that create these distinctive phenotypes are presently unknown.
Introduction: About 1 in 11 Americans will experience a kidney stone, but underlying causes remain obscure. The objective of the present study was to separate idiopathic calcium oxalate stone formers by whether or not they showed positive evidence of forming a stone on Randall's plaque (RP). Materials and Methods: In patients undergoing either percutaneous or ureteroscopic procedures for kidney stone removal, all stone material was extracted and analyzed using micro-CT imaging to identify those attached to RP. Twenty-four-hour urine samples were collected weeks after the stone removal procedure and patients were off of medications that would affect urine composition. The endoscopic video was analyzed for papillary pathology (RP, pitting, plugging, dilated ducts, and loss of papillary shape) by an observer blinded to the data on stone type. The percent papillary area occupied by RP and ductal plugging was quantified using image analysis software. Results: Patients having even one stone on RP (N = 36) did not differ from non-RP patients (N = 37) in age, sex, BMI, or other clinical characteristics. Compared with the non-RP group, RP stone formers had more numerous, but smaller, stones, more abundant papillary RP formation, and fewer ductal plugs, both by quantitative measurement of surface area (on average, three times more plaque area, but only 41% as much plug area as in non-RP patients) and by semiquantitative visual grading. Serum and blood values did not differ between RP and non-RP stone formers by any measure. Conclusions: Growth of many small stones on plaque seems the pathogenetic scheme for the RP stone-forming phenotype, whereas the non-RP phenotype stone pathogenesis pathway is less obvious. Higher papillary plugging in non-RP patients suggests that plugs play a role in stone formation and that these patients have a greater degree of papillary damage. Underlying mechanisms that create these distinctive phenotypes are presently unknown.
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