Background: A direct relation exists between sodium and calcium excretion, but randomized studies evaluating the sustained effect of a low-salt diet on idiopathic hypercalciuria, one of the main risk factors for calcium-oxalate stone formation, are still lacking. Objective: Our goal was to evaluate the effect of a low-salt diet on urinary calcium excretion in patients affected by idiopathic cal...

Physicians should be aware of the manifestations of medullary sponge kidney and nephrocalcinosis in patients with Beckwith–Wiedemann syndrome. In addition to nephrocalcinosis, renal cysts, recurrent pain associated with infundibular stenoses, nephroblastomatosis, and Wilms tumor have also been reported.[3] As shown in our case presentation, patients with medullary sponge kidney usually form cal...

A 10 month old girl presented with a history of constipation from early life. She was found to be hypercalcaemic with hypercalciuria and nephrocalcinosis. Her mild motor delay and hypotonia were thought to be linked to chronic hypercalcaemia, but when these features failed to improve despite normocalcaemia on a low calcium diet the possibility of neuromuscular disease was explored in more detai...