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]

Secondary outcomes Reduction in calciuria: decrease in 24 hour calciuria or urinary calcium/creatinine ratio Reduction in oxaluria: decrease in 24 hour oxaluria or calcium [cochranelibrary.com]

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]

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]

Antenatal Bartter Syndrome

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

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

Urethral Foreign Body

BATTERI INDETIFICAZIONE SIEROLOGICA € 7,55 CA125 ANTIGENE CARBOIDRATICO € 12,98 CA15-3 ANTIGENE CARBOIDRATICO € 12,66 CA19-9 ANTIGENE CARBOIDRATICO € 11,49 CALCIO € 1,13 CALCIURIA [villaigea.net]

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]

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]

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]

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]

Familial Primary Hypomagnesemia with Normocalciuria and Normocalcemia

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

Familial Hypocalciuric Hypercalcemia Type 3

Foreign Body in Subcutaneous Tissue

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]

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

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]

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]

Calciuria and nephrocalcinosis • Hypercalciuria with subsequent nephrocalcinosis occurring after 1–2 months of life is a typical feature of BS1 and BS2. [kidney-international.org]

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]

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]

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]

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]

Hereditary Neonatal Hyperparathyroidism

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]

Renal Tubular Acidosis Type 1

The urine sample resulted in: urine pH: 8; negative anion gap [Cl (66.2mEq/l) < Na + (86mEq/l) + K + (14.17mEq/l)]; diuresis: 3200ml/24h; calciuria: 137.7mg/24h; hypocitraturia [revistanefrologia.com]

DIAGNOSIS To diagnose dRTA in the clinic, it is necessary to determine plasma creatinine and fractional sodium, potassium and chloride excretion, calciuria and citraturia. [flipper.diff.org]

Correcting the acidosis led to the normalization of calciuria. Nephrocalcinosis subsequently remained stable without impairment of glomerular filtration. [bloodjournal.org]