title: [Calcium "milk" in the kidney. (Five cases with hydronephrotic kidney)].
abstract: A study of the literature has revealed 11 cases of calcium "milk" in hydronephroses. We have been able to observe five further cases in a period of 14 months. The criteria annunciated by Murray are stressed, since they will raise a suspicion of the presence of calcium "milk" on views taken with a vertical x-ray beam. In three patients, the cause of the hydronephrosis was a stone in the pelvi-ureteric junction. In the other two cases, there was a stenosis below the pelvis. Murray's criteria permitting identification of calcium "milk" with a vertical beam were analysed. Not all his criteria were found to be reliable.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006869:Hydronephrosis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D007669:Kidney Calculi / Q000150:complications; D052177:Kidney Diseases, Cystic / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D014517:Ureteral Obstruction / Q000150:complications
vernacular_title: Kalkmilch der Niere. 5 Beobachtungen in hydronephrotischen Nieren