Staged treatment for substantial bilateral calcium carbonate nephrolithiasis in vegan patient.
Calcite stone
Calcium carbonate
Vegan nephrolithiasis
Journal
Urology case reports
ISSN: 2214-4420
Titre abrégé: Urol Case Rep
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101626357
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Nov 2021
Nov 2021
Historique:
received:
09
08
2021
revised:
26
08
2021
accepted:
29
08
2021
entrez:
10
9
2021
pubmed:
11
9
2021
medline:
11
9
2021
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Calcium carbonate (CaCO3), or calcite, stones average 0.15% of annual nephrolithiasis cases. The authors report a 53 year old female, following a 15 year vegan diet, presenting with left flank pain and later found to have bilateral extensive staghorn renal calculi requiring multiple procedures over the course of months. Calcite stone formation is likely attributed to the patient's vegan diet and vitamin supplements. This stone's formation increases with neutral or alkaline urinary pH in the presence of high levels of magnesium. The authors discuss staged surgical treatment plans and non-surgical management prophylaxis with surgery as another possible route for treatment.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34504775
doi: 10.1016/j.eucr.2021.101831
pii: S2214-4420(21)00271-0
pmc: PMC8417339
doi:
Types de publication
Case Reports
Langues
eng
Pagination
101831Informations de copyright
© 2021 The Authors.
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