title: [Cacchi Ricci disease associated with congenital hemihypertrophy].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  An uncommon case of medullary sponge kidney with congenital hemihypertrophy complicated by nephrocalcinosis and nephrolithiasis is reported here.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A 29 year old female patient with multiple episodes of renal colic is presented. Clinical features, radiological findings and differential diagnosis in a patient with Cacchi-Ricci disease are discussed. At least twenty-nine cases associated with congenital hemihypertrophy have been reported previously.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A significant number of patients with medullary sponge kidney are asymptomatic. In many cases the diagnosis is made when a patient is evaluated by intravenous urography for some unrelated problem. However, medullary sponge kidney has been reported in association with rare congenital anomalies (Beckwith-Widemann syndrome and congenital hemihypertrophy) and these patients appear to be at risk of malignant neoplasms of the adrenal gland, kidney and liver, therefore they must be followed closely.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Urología, Hospital de Navarra, Pamplona, Navarra, España.
authors.forename: José Angel
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Cuesta Alcalá
authors.forename: Javier
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Aldave Villanueva
authors.forename: Alfredo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Solchaga Martínez
authors.forename: Ignacio
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Pascual Piédrola
authors.forename: José Luis
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Arrondo Arrondo
authors.forename: Luis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ripa Saldías
authors.forename: Vicente
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Grasa Lanau
authors.forename: Mariano
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ponz González
authors.forename: Alfredo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ipiéns Aznar
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001824:Body Constitution; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital; D007691:Medullary Sponge Kidney / Q000150:complications*