Calciuria: Causes & Reasons

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Possible Causes for Calciuria

Idiopathic Hypercalciuria

Adherence to a low salt, normal calcium level diet for some months can reduce calciuria and oxaluria. [cochrane.org]

Thiazides plus potassium salts significantly decreased calciuria and vitamin D levels. [cochrane.org]

Patients with AHC have excessive calciuria after an oral calcium load. [pathology.leedsth.nhs.uk]

Neonatal Severe Hyperparathyroidism

Biologically, children present with extremely high serum calcium and serum PTH levels and a relative hypocalciuria, but in some cases they present with a markedly elevated calciuria [rarediseases.info.nih.gov]

Absorptive Hypercalciuria Type 1

In this study, the level of fractional urinary enzyme excretion was assessed in relation to calciuria. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

We performed a more complete metabolic evaluation in many of the hypercalciuric subjects (calciuria/weight >0.1 mmol/kg/d). [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Adherence to a low salt, normal calcium level diet for some months can reduce calciuria and oxaluria. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Urethral Foreign Body

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Familial Hypocalciuric Hypercalcemia Type 2

[…] of PTH and urinary calcium excretion that appear inappropriate in the presence of the hypercalcemia: serum levels of PTH are, in general, normal or slightly increased and calciuria [orpha.net]

Many experts recommend surgery in the following circumstances: Serum calcium 1 mg/dL (0.25 mmol/L) greater than the upper limits of normal Calciuria > 400 mg/day ( > 10 mmol [merckmanuals.com]

Arthrogryposis - Renal Dysfunction - Cholestasis Syndrome

Urine analysis revealed 6 cases(85 $%$ ) with proteinuria, 3(43 $%$ ) with hematuria, 5(71 $%$ ) with glycosuria, 2(29 $%$ ) with phosphaturia and 2(29 $%$ ) with calciuria [chikd.org]

Urine analysis revealed 6 cases(85%) with proteinuria, 3(43%) with hematuria, 5(71%) with glycosuria, 2(29%) with phosphaturia and 2(29%) with calciuria. [ir.ymlib.yonsei.ac.kr]

ARC syndrome has complex signs and symptoms, but renal problems include NDI, hyper-calciuria, proximal and distal hyperkalemic RTA and proteinuria near the nephrotic range [sjkdt.org]

Idiopathic Inherited Hypercalciuria

We performed a more complete metabolic evaluation in many of the hypercalciuric subjects (calciuria/weight >0.1 mmol/kg/d). [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

In this study, the level of fractional urinary enzyme excretion was assessed in relation to calciuria. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Adherence to a low salt, normal calcium level diet for some months can reduce calciuria and oxaluria. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Absorptive Hypercalciuria Type 2

Patients with AHC have excessive calciuria after an oral calcium load. [pathology.leedsth.nhs.uk]

Adherence to a low salt, normal calcium level diet for some months can reduce calciuria and oxaluria. [cochrane.org]

Thiazides plus potassium salts significantly decreased calciuria and vitamin D levels. [cochrane.org]

Acquired Fanconi Syndrome

Most abnormalities (eg, acidosis, calciuria, and phosphaturia) affect bone development and therefore growth. [patient.info]

Morbidity from Fanconi syndrome is secondary to metabolic abnormalities, most of which affect bone accretion and growth, including acidosis, calciuria, and phosphaturia. [consultant360.com]

Antenatal Bartter Syndrome

Serum calcium was 6.9 mg/dL and urine showed hyper-calciuria (urine calcium: creatinine ratio 2.56). [sjkdt.org]

Chronic hypokalaemia with growth retardation, normotensive hyperrenin-hyperaldoste-ronism (“Bartter’s syndrome”), and hyper-calciuria. [sjkdt.org]

[…] increased urinary loss of sodium, potassium, calcium, and prostaglandin. [1] Fanconi et al in 1971 were the first to report the neonatal variant of BS in two patients with hyper-calciuria [sjkdt.org]

Familial Hypocalciuric Hypercalcemia Type 3

Hereditary Hypophosphatemic Rickets with Hypercalciuria

Calciuria was determined from 24-hours urine at the initial study and posterior values were obtained by calcium/creatinine ratio. [scielo.mec.pt]

This complication occurs due to hypercalcemia, hypercalciuria, and hyperparathyroidism secondary to transient hyperphosphatemia, 7 highlighting the need to monitor calciuria [scielo.br]

[…] emphasized that the index patient (patient 1) manifested severe short stature and bowed legs, and the biochemical assessment revealed hypophosphatemia, phosphaturia and calciuria [jcrpe.org]

Familal Benign Hypercalcemia

Results: The two groups were statistically similar in terms of age (p=0.709), serum parathormone levels (p=0.548), serum vitamin D levels (p=0.508) and calciuria levels (p [acrabstracts.org]

Se caracteriza por hipercalcemia moderada, con paratirina normal o levemente elevada y calciuria baja. [scinapse.io]

Foreign Body in Subcutaneous Tissue

Bartter Syndrome

[…] psychomotor development, uncompensated metabolic alkalosis, hypochloremia, hypocalcemia, hyponatremia, acidaminuria, increased excretion of K, Na, Cl in urine, nephrocalcinosis, calciuria [adc.bmj.com]

Calciuria levels were variable: hypercalciuria was detected in 31% of patients, while 23% had hypocalciuria. Nephrocalcinosis was diagnosed in 20% of the cohort. [journals.plos.org]

Characteristically, calciuria, as observed in other series published ( S1 Table ), was variable: hypercalciuria was detected in 31% and hypocalciuria in 23%. [journals.plos.org]

Familial Hypophosphatemia

Evaluation of serum phosphate, calcium, alkaline phosphatase (ALP), PTH, 1,25 vitamin D3, as well as kidney function tests, urinalysis to detect proteinuria, glycosuria, calciuria [symptoma.com]

This complication occurs due to hypercalcemia, hypercalciuria, and hyperparathyroidism secondary to transient hyperphosphatemia, 7 highlighting the need to monitor calciuria [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Nephrocalcinosis

A renal ultrasound was performed and there were hyperechogenic images suggestive of medullary calcification (Figure 1), calciuria of 4.2mg/kg/day, positive urinary anion gap [revistanefrologia.com]

Marcun-Varda Pseudotumor cerebri in a child with familial hypomagnesemia hyper-calciuria Pediatr Nephrol, 14 (2000), pp. 269-270 [27.] S. Weber, L. Schneider, M. [analesdepediatria.org]

Initially normal GF may decrease over time due to dehydration, nephrocalcinosis, obstructive calculi and/or infection. 4,5 The objective of its treatment should be to normalise calciuria [revistanefrologia.com]

Epiphyseal Dysplasia Type Baumann

These included karyotype, thyroidfunction tests (T3, T4, TSH), phosphocalcic metabolism(calcemia, magnesemia, phosphatemia, calciuria andphosphaturia/24h, PTH, TCT, 1-25OH-D3 [docslide.com.br]

These included karyotype, thyroid function tests (T3, T4, TSH), phosphocalcic metabolism (calcemia, magnesemia, phosphatemia, calciuria and phosphaturia/24h, PTH, TCT, 1-25OH-D3 [documents.tips]

Medullary Sponge Kidney

After a 1-year therapy the normalization of calciuria and citraturia occurred and no progression of nephrocalcinosis was observed. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

The relationships between calciuria, citraturia, and BMD at baseline and the effect of potassium citrate treatment—reduction in calciuria, increase in citraturia, and improvement [cjasn.asnjournals.org]

All of our patients with MSK had hypercalciuria, excreting a mean 333 to 359 mg of calcium in 24 h, and calciuria was particularly high (>500 mg/d) in some cases. [cjasn.asnjournals.org]

Hypercalcemia

Thiazides reduce calciuria and thus contribute to the severity of hypercalcemia. [jasn.asnjournals.org]

The kidneys act as one of the regulatory elements of calcium homeostasis by increasing or decreasing calciuria. [jasn.asnjournals.org]

Gitelman Syndrome

It is probable that many of the patients reported as BS actually have GS, as authors do not usually report the data of calciuria. 4 The patients reported with both CC and [ard.bmj.com]

In our patient, the diagnosis of PHTP was sustained by concomitant hypophosphataemia, high levels of PTH, unexpected ‘normal calciuria’ and the findings in neck ultrasonography [casereports.bmj.com]

Some of them also present with hypokalaemia, hypocalciuria, and hypermagnesiuria, 5-7 which are the hallmarks of GS. 13 In many other cases the values of calciuria are not [ard.bmj.com]

Oculocerebrorenal Syndrome

Aminoaciduria, phosphaturia, calciuria, and proteinuria are present. Water resorption is impaired resulting in high volume and low osmolality. [patient.info]

Calciuria was normalized to the age-appropriate upper limit of normal ( 6 ). [cjasn.asnjournals.org]

Obviously, diurnal variations in calcium excretion can also lead to false assessment of calciuria when only a single value is available. [cjasn.asnjournals.org]

Hereditary Neonatal Hyperparathyroidism

Familial Isolated Hypoparathyroidism

The addition of a thiazide diuretic may help in increasing serum calcium and lowering calciuria, thus decreasing the risk of nephrolithiasis. [iofbonehealth.org]

Xanthine Nephrolithiasis

661 The Calculation of Stone Risk in the Urine of Middle Eastern 669 A Nation 677 Prostatic Hyperplasia Complicated with Vesical Calculus 687 The Real Interest of Daily Calciuria [books.google.de]

Adult Fanconi Syndrome

Most abnormalities (eg, acidosis, calciuria, and phosphaturia) affect bone development and therefore growth. [patient.info]

X-Linked Hypophosphatemia

Normal calciuria and absence of other renal tubular disorders indicated HR as a consequence of isolated hyperphosphaturia. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Evaluation of serum phosphate, calcium, alkaline phosphatase (ALP), PTH, 1,25 vitamin D3, as well as kidney function tests, urinalysis to detect proteinuria, glycosuria, calciuria [symptoma.com]

[…] and calcitriol 35 ng/kg per day), introduced 15 month ago, resulted in a stable normalization of alkaline phosphatase and phosphorus serum levels (with intact calcemia and calciuria [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Fanconi Renotubular Syndrome

[…] methods Diagnosis is based on clinical presentation as well as plasma electrolytes levels and evaluation of urinary solute excretion (aminoaciduria, proteinuria, phosphaturia, calciuria [orpha.net]

Most abnormalities (eg, acidosis, calciuria, and phosphaturia) affect bone development and therefore growth. [patient.info]

Transient Sarcoidosis

Laboratory results were all within normal limits (blood count, platelets, serum electrolytes, transaminases, alkaline phosphatases, calcemia, calciuria, as well as angiotensin [omicsonline.org]

Bartter Syndrome Type 4A

Serum calcium was 6.9 mg/dL and urine showed hyper-calciuria (urine calcium: creatinine ratio 2.56). [sjkdt.org]

Chronic hypokalaemia with growth retardation, normotensive hyperrenin-hyperaldoste-ronism (“Bartter’s syndrome”), and hyper-calciuria. [sjkdt.org]