Triamterene stones and computerized axial tomography.
A recently recognized entity in the differential diagnosis of radiolucent filling defects of the pyelocalyceal systems is triamterene calculus. A case is presented of a patient on triamterene therapy for hypertension in whom a symptomatic triamterene calculus formed which was diagnosed by computerized axial tomography.
D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006852:Hydrochlorothiazide / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006973:Hypertension / Q000188:drug therapy; D007669:Kidney Calculi / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000378:metabolism; D007682:Kidney Pelvis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014223:Triamterene / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000032:analysis
D006852:Hydrochlorothiazide; D014223:Triamterene