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[Urolithiasis in cystic fibrosis]
S Nathanson1, F Frere, E Tassin
1Service de pédiatrie-néonatologie, hôpital André-Mignot, centre hospitalier de Versailles, 177, rue de Versailles, 78157 Le Chesnay cedex, France. snathan@ch-versailles.fr
Archives De Pediatrie : Organe Officiel De La Societe Francaise De Pediatrie
|September 16, 2003
Abstract:
The prevalence of urolithiasis is higher in patients with cystic fibrosis than in the normal population. We report on a case of a 12-year-old child with cystic fibrosis who presented flank pain which revealed a calcium oxalate urolithiasis. Evolution was satisfactory with pharmacological and dietary treatment. The principal mechanisms of lithogenesis in patients with cystic fibrosis are described and preventive treatment is discussed.