title: Dissolution of uric acid stones causing acute obstructing anuria in three consecutive infants.
abstract: We report on 3 infants with obstructive anuria due to bilateral uric acid stones. In all patients the precipitating cause of acute obstructive renal failure was choking of bilateral ureteropelvic junction with numerous small uric acid stones without cause pelvicaliceal dilatation. While the chemical dissolution therapy succeeded in dissolving the stones in 2 patients, unilateral percutaneous nephrostomy application associated with alkalization achieved dissolution of obstructing stones in the remaining 1 patient.
authors.affiliation: Harran University, Medical School, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Sanliurfa, Turkey. kayamete@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Mete
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kaya
authors.forename: Mustafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Soran
authors.forename: Mehmet Emin
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Boleken
authors.forename: Mehmet Erdal
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Memedoglu
authors.forename: Selçuk
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yücesan
mesh_terms: D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D001002:Anuria / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009403:Nephrostomy, Percutaneous / Q000379:methods*; D011859:Radiography; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012494:Sampling Studies; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D007507:Therapeutic Irrigation / Q000379:methods; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014514:Ureteral Calculi / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D014517:Ureteral Obstruction / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D014527:Uric Acid / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D014527:Uric Acid