title: [Urolithiasis due to renal tubular acidosis associated with Sjögren's syndrome].
abstract: We encountered 4 patients with urolithiasis due to renal tubular acidosis (RTA) associated with Sjögren's syndrome. Laboratory results about RTA in 4 patients with Sjögrenhs syndrome were not significantly different from those in patients who suffered from urolithiasis due to RTA without Sjögren's syndrome. The incidence of urolitiasis in these cases was suspected to be higher than that in RTA patients without Sjögren's syndrome, because all 4 patients in this study had urolithiasis. When we examine patients with bilateral and multiple urolithiasis, particularly in middle-aged women, we should bear in mind that RTA and Sjögren's syndrome may exist in the background.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Kinki University School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Umekawa
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Esa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Uemura
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kohri
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kurita
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ishikawa
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Iguchi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kataoka
mesh_terms: D000141:Acidosis, Renal Tubular / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008096:Lithotripsy; D008875:Middle Aged; D012859:Sjogren's Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D014545:Urinary Calculi / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy