Introduction. Distal renal tubular acidosis (dRTA) is a rare cause of stone formation in urolithiasis patients according to the conventional wisdom urological community. At same time prevalence incomplete dRTA with idiopathic calcium stones 16.8% (13.6% men and 25.5% women) recent studies. Previously, we published review article, which describes features etiology pathogenesis, presents diagnost...

Nurofen Plus is a common analgesic containing ibuprofen and codeine. We present a case of a 38-year-old lady who developed renal tubular acidosis with severe hypokalaemia, after chronic abuse of Nurofen Plus tablets. She presented with confusion and profound biochemical abnormalities requiring critical care admission for electrolyte replacement. Ibuprofen causes renal tubular acidosis due to it...

a four day old female infant was admitted because of poor feeding, vomiting and jaundice. laboratory examination showed hyperkalemia, mild hyponatremia and renal tubular acidosis type 4. serum aldosterone and plasma renin activity were elevated but serum cortisol, 17 -hydroxyprogesterone, acth, 24 hour urinary 17- ketoste roid, pregnanetriol, renal function and sonogram were normal and hence ps...

INTRODUCTION Medullary sponge kidney is a congenital anomaly characterized by diffuse ectasy of the collecting tubules of one or both kidneys. It is usually diagnosed in the second or third decade of life. CASE PRESENTATION Distal renal tubular acidosis is commonly observed in patients with medullary sponge kidney. We describe here a 50-day-old Egyptian Caucasian girl with medullary sponge ki...