Nephrocalcinosis in chronic glomerulonephritis: report of the youngest patient.
Diffuse cortical calcification is an unusual form of nephrocalcinosis most often seen in chronic glomerulonephritis (CGN). The authors report the youngest patient with nephrocalcinosis of CGN, a 13-year-old boy, and briefly review the radiologic and pathologic features of this entity.
D000293:Adolescent; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005921:Glomerulonephritis / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009397:Nephrocalcinosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography