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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2021-11-01
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Series: | Urology Case Reports |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214442021002710 |