Oxalosis as a complication of chronic renal failure

Adult systemic oxalosis presenting as acute renal failure.

Introduction Systemic oxalosis is an uncommon condition in which there is a disorder of oxalic acid metabolism producing an accumulation of oxalic acid with subsequent deposition of oxalates in tissues, commonly leading to the development of nephrocalcinosis with an early death from renal failure. The condition is inherited as a recessive disorder and recent studies indicate a failure to conver...

Generalized choreiform movements as a complication of methyldopa therapy in chronic renal failure.

Introduction Although methyldopa has been widely used in the treatment of hypertension for many years there is only a single case report (Yamadori and Albert, 1972) of bilateral choreoathetotic movements possibly related to treatment with this drug. That isolated case report was of a patient with concomitant severe bilateral cerebrovascular disease. The authors report here a similar case but in...

acute renal failure as a complication of preoperative ureter catheterization for colorectal surgery

Renal Oxalosis in a Calf

A case of neonatal renal oxalosis in a 7-day-old calf is described. Clinical biochemistry revealed increased blood urea nitrogen. Gross findings included thin renal medulla and dilated renal calyces containing numerous, small, pale yellow and granular calculi. Histologically, most cortical and medullary tubules were dilated with birefringent crystals, whereas the glomeruli appeared unaffected. ...

Plasma oxalate concentration and secondary oxalosis in patients with chronic renal failure.

To examine the association between hyperoxalaemia and secondary oxalosis, measurement of plasma oxalate concentration was combined with a search for tissue deposition of calcium oxalate crystals in patients with chronic renal disease. Two groups of patients were studied. In the first, samples of the inferior epigastric artery were taken from 35 patients at the time of renal transplantation. In ...