Medullary sponge kidney

Forster JA, Taylor J, Browning AJ, et al. A review of the natural progression of medullary sponge kidney and a novel grading system based on intravenous urography findings. Urol Int. 2007;78(3):264-9. Abstract

Imam TH, Patail H, Patail H. Medullary sponge kidney: current perspectives. Int J Nephrol Renovasc Dis. 2019;12:213-8.Full text  Abstract

Gambaro G, Feltrin GP, Lupo A, et al. Medullary sponge kidney (Lenarduzzi-Cacchi-Ricci disease): a Padua Medical School discovery in the 1930s. Kidney Int. 2006 Feb;69(4):663-70. Abstract

Maw AM, Megibow AJ, Grasso M, et al. Diagnosis of medullary sponge kidney by computed tomographic urography. Am J Kidney Dis. 2007 Jul;50(1):146-50. Abstract

Pearle MS, Goldfarb DS, Assimos DG, et al; American Urological Association. Medical management of kidney stones: AUA guideline. J Urol. 2014 Aug(reviewed and validity confirmed 2019);192(2):316-24.Full text  Abstract

Türk C, Neisius A, Petrik A, et al. EAU guidelines on urolithiasis. 2022 [internet publication].Full text

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21. Osther PJ, Mathiasen H, Hansen AB, et al. Urinary acidification and urinary excretion of calcium and citrate in women with bilateral medullary sponge kidney. Urol Int. 1994;52(3):126-30. Abstract

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29. Gambaro G, Goldfarb DS, Baccaro R, et al. Chronic pain in medullary sponge kidney: a rare and never described clinical presentation. J Nephrol. 2018 Aug;31(4):537-42. Abstract

30. Gaunay GS, Berkenblit RG, Tabib CH, et al. Efficacy of multi-detector computed tomography for the diagnosis of medullary sponge kidney. Curr Urol. 2018 Mar;11(3):139-43.Full text  Abstract

31. Maw AM, Megibow AJ, Grasso M, et al. Diagnosis of medullary sponge kidney by computed tomographic urography. Am J Kidney Dis. 2007 Jul;50(1):146-50. Abstract

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41. Fabris A, Bernich P, Abaterusso C, et al. Bone disease in medullary sponge kidney and effect of potassium citrate treatment. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2009 Dec;4(12):1974-9. Abstract

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45. Fabris A, Lupo A, Bernich P, et al. Long-term treatment with potassium citrate and renal stones in medullary sponge kidney. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2010 Sep;5(9):1663-8. Abstract

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49. Geavlete P, Nita G, Alexandrescu E, et al. The impact of modern endourological techniques in the treatment of a century old disease - medullary sponge kidney with associated nephrolithiasis. J Med Life. 2013;6(4):482-5.Full text  Abstract

50. Sun H, Zhang Z, Yuan J, et al. Safety and efficacy of minimally invasive percutaneous nephrolithotomy in the treatment of patients with medullary sponge kidney. Urolithiasis. 2016 Oct;44(5):421-6. Abstract

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