Staged treatment for substantial bilateral calcium carbonate nephrolithiasis in vegan patient

Calcium carbonate (CaCO3), or calcite, stones average 0.15% of annual nephrolithiasis cases. The authors report a 53 year old female, following a 15 year vegan diet, presenting with left flank pain and later found to have bilateral extensive staghorn renal calculi requiring multiple procedures over...

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Main Authors: Prajit Khooblall, Daniel Morcos, Furman Mahmood, Vincent S. Ricchiuti, M.D.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-11-01
Series:Urology Case Reports
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214442021002710