title: Medullary sponge kidney.
abstract: Medullary sponge kidney is a benign asymptomatic developmental anomaly of the kidney mostly seen in adult females. Presentation in childhood is uncommon. Urinary tract infection, nephrolithiasis, hematuria and hypercalciuria are the common complications. We report a eleven-year-old female child who presented with recurrent urinary tract infection and nephrolithiasis and was found to have bilateral medullary sponge kidney.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College and General Hospital, Sion, Mumbai, India.
authors.forename: Subhod
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: Preeti
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Shanbag
authors.forename: Mamta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vaidya
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007669:Kidney Calculi / Q000175:diagnosis; D007691:Medullary Sponge Kidney / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000175:diagnosis