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Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy and xanthine calculi in Lesch-Nyhan syndrome
M Morino1, N Shiigai, H Kusuyama
1Department of Pediatrics, Saitama Medical School, Japan.
Pediatric Radiology
|January 1, 1992
Abstract:
We report a case of Lesch-Nyhan syndrome (LNS) with urinary xanthine calculi. At eight years of age calculi in the renal pelvis were successfully disintegrated by extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) without any complications. Follow-up sonography is very useful for management of patients with LNS, particularly when they are on allopurinol therapy.