Medullary nephrocalcinosis associated with vesicoureteral reflux.
A case of medullary nephrocalcinosis developing in the course of vesicoureteral reflux is described. It is suggested that the probable mechanism of nephrocalcinosis was the stagnation of urine in collecting tubules favouring precipitation of calcium salts.
Oğuzkurt
L
L
Hacettepe University Medical Center, Department of Radiology, Ankara, Turkey.
Karabulut
N
N
Haliloğlu
M
M
Unal
B
B
D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007679:Kidney Medulla; D008297:Male; D009397:Nephrocalcinosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*; D014718:Vesico-Ureteral Reflux / Q000150:complications*