Combined treatment of medullary sponge kidney by EDTA potassium citrate and extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy.

Abstract

A case of successful renal calculus dissolution by the combined treatment which consists of irrigation with ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA), potassium citrate, and extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy (ESWL) is described here. Renal irrigation via nephrostomy, which was the main treatment, was attempted on a 34-year-old Japanese male who had bilateral nephrocalcinosis caused by type 1 renal tubular acidosis associated with an impacted calculus in the right ureter. Finally, most of the calculi have been dissolved within 1 year.

• Authors: S Nakatsuka, H Kinoshita, H Ueda, T Araki, H Tanaka
• Journal: European urology (Eur Urol) Vol. 14 Issue 4 Pg. 339-42 ( 1988) ISSN: 0302-2838 [Print] Switzerland
• PMID: 3139416 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Citrates
• Citric Acid
• Edetic Acid

Topics

• Adult
• Citrates (therapeutic use)
• Citric Acid
• Edetic Acid (therapeutic use)
• Humans
• Kidney Calculi (etiology, therapy)
• Lithotripsy
• Male
• Medullary Sponge Kidney (complications, therapy)
• Nephrocalcinosis (etiology, therapy)
• Therapeutic Irrigation