Idiopathic hypercalciuria: A familial generalized renal hyperexcretory state

Idiopathic hypercalciuria and calcium renal stone disease: our cases.

Renal idiopathic stone disease affects about 8% of the Italian population. The most common form in western countries (70- 80% of the cases) is calcium nephrolithiasis, with stones formed mainly by calcium oxalate and phosphate. One of the main metabolic anomalies that is often associated with calcium nephrolithiasis is hypercalciuria. Primary hypercalciuria is a metabolic defect characterized b...

Medullary nephrocalcinosis in idiopathic hypercalciuria

Idiopathic hypercalciuria is a metabolic abnormality characterized by excessive calcium excretion in the urine with normal serum calcium levels and is a common risk factor for formation of kidney stones and/or nephrocalcinosis. These patients benefit from a normal-calcium, reduced-animal protein, and low-salt diet, along with a thiazide diuretic.

Bone disease and idiopathic hypercalciuria.

Observational and epidemiologic studies alike have shown that idiopathic hypercalciuric (IH) stone-forming patients typically show bone mineral density scores that are significantly lower than those observed for age- and sex-matched normal subjects or those for nonhypercalciuric stone-forming patients. Most of these studies have relied on changes in bone mineral density and have not explored th...

Renal hypomagnesemia, hypercalciuria, nephrocalcinosis

Clinical manifestations of pediatric idiopathic hypercalciuria.

Idiopathic hypercalciuria (IH) is a common metabolic disorder in children with protean manifestations, many of which can mimic other common pediatric diseases. Reports in the medical literature describe children with IH presenting with a wide array of calculi and non-calculi related clinical symptoms such as hematuria, urinary tract infections (UTIs), urgency, urinary incontinence and recurrent...