Images in clinical medicine. Uric acid stones in Crohn's disease Journal Article


Author: Flombaum, C. D.
Article Title: Images in clinical medicine. Uric acid stones in Crohn's disease
Abstract: Figure 1. Uric Acid Stones in Crohn's Disease. An intravenous urogram was obtained in a 37-year-old woman with persistent watery diarrhea. She had had Crohn's disease for 11 years, and most of her colon and part of her ileum had been removed 4 years earlier. A large radiolucent defect occupies most of the left renal pelvis (large arrow), and a smaller defect obstructs the lower pole calix of the left kidney (small arrow). The right kidney appears to be normal. Three years after this study was performed, similar stones developed in the right kidney. These were found to contain uric... © 1994, Massachusetts Medical Society. All rights reserved.
Keywords: adult; case report; chemistry; radiography; uric acid; crohn disease; nephrolithiasis; human; female; article; kidney calculi
Journal Title: New England Journal of Medicine
Volume: 330
Issue: 26
ISSN: 0028-4793
Publisher: Massachusetts Medical Society  
Date Published: 1994-06-30
Start Page: 1870
Language: English
DOI: 10.1056/nejm199406303302606
PROVIDER: scopus
PUBMED: 8196731
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Notes: New Engl. J. Med. -- Export Date: 14 January 2019 -- Article -- Source: Scopus
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