...ZhiQun Zhang; YaLi Liu; MingJuan Dai; XianMei Huang Distal renal tubular acidosis combined with medullary sponge kidney (MSK) is not uncommon in adults, but is rare in infants. We report a 13-month-old boy with MSK who had features of distal renal tubular acidosis (nephrocalcinosis, hypercalciuria...

...Ch. Deliveliotis; F. Sofras; E. Karagiotis; J. Christofis; D. Kouroupakis; C. Dimopoulos Twenty-four patients with medullary sponge kidneys (MSKs), diagnosed on a recent IVU, and renal lithiasis were treated by extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL). A detailed history regarding frequency...

...Wei-Chuan Chen; Ying-Huei Lee; Jong-Khing Huang; Ming-Tsun Chen; Luke S. Chang Seventeen patients with urolithiasis in problem kidneys which comprised horseshoe kidneys, medullary sponge kidneys (MSKs), polycystic kidneys and duplex kidneys presented to our hospital and were evaluated for treatment...

...Palle Jörn Osther; Henning Mathiasen; Annebirthe Bo Hansen; Hans Melchior Nissen Urinary acidification ability, acid-base status and urinary excretion of calcium and citrate were evaluated in 10 women with bilateral medullary sponge kidney (MSK) and in 10 healthy women. Patients with MSK had higher...

...Julia R. Nunley; Domenic A. Sica; Vernon Smith We describe a 65-year-old female with bilateral staghorn calculi who presented with a Proteus mirabilis perinephric abscess secondary to a ruptured lower pole hydrocalyx. Radiologic evidence was consistent with underlying medullary sponge kidney (MSK...