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Hypercalciuria and nephrocalcinosis, a feature of Wilson's disease
B Hoppe1, T Neuhaus, A Superti-Furga
1University Children's Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland.
Nephron
|January 1, 1993
Abstract:
Hypercalciuria and nephrocalcinosis are not uncommon in patients with Wilson's disease but have only once been reported as the presenting sign. We diagnosed Wilson's disease in a 17-year-old male patient 6 years after his first episode of gross hematuria and 2 years after detection of hypercalciuria and nephrocalcinosis. Therapy with penicillamine resulted only in a moderate reduction of urinary calcium excretion but oxalate excretion increased.