Nephrocalcinosis in a patient with extrapulmonary tuberculosis – A rare entity

Nephrocalcinosis is a rare condition in clinical practice where there is an increased renal deposition of calcium. Varied causes of this condition have been given in literature, and tuberculosis (TB) has been an important one. Hypercalcemia is a known complication of granulomatous diseases. We repor...

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Autores principales: Malakar, Sayan, Negi, Bhagwan Dass, Singh, Guriqbal, Sharma, Tarun
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2019
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6396576/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30911525
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_385_18
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Sumario:Nephrocalcinosis is a rare condition in clinical practice where there is an increased renal deposition of calcium. Varied causes of this condition have been given in literature, and tuberculosis (TB) has been an important one. Hypercalcemia is a known complication of granulomatous diseases. We report a rare case explicitly showing relationship of extrapulmonary (genitourinary) TB with nephrocalcinosis.

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