HYPERCALCIURIA AND NEPHROCALCINOSIS, A FEATURE OF WILSONS-DISEASE

Authors
HOPPE B NEUHAUS T SUPERTIFURGA A FORSTER I LEUMANN E
Citation
B. Hoppe et al., HYPERCALCIURIA AND NEPHROCALCINOSIS, A FEATURE OF WILSONS-DISEASE, Nephron, 65(3), 1993, pp. 460-462
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Urology & Nephrology
Journal title
Nephron → ACNP
ISSN journal
00282766
Volume
65
Issue
3
Year of publication
1993
Pages
460 - 462
Database
ISI
SICI code
0028-2766(1993)65:3<460:HANAFO>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
Hypercalciuria and nephrocalcinosis are not uncommon in patients with Wilson's disease but have only once been reported as the presenting si gn. We diagnosed Wilson's disease in a 17-year-old male patient 6 year s after his first episode of gross hematuria and 2 years after detecti on of hypercalciuria and nephrocalcinosis. Therapy with penicillamine resulted only in a moderate reduction of urinary calcium excretion but oxalate excretion increased.