NEPHROCALCINOSIS VISIBLE BY X-RAY ASSOCIATED WITH CHRONIC GLOMERULONEPHRITIS
Authors: W L ARONS, W R CHRISTENSEN, M C SOSMAN
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1955)

Article1 February 1955NEPHROCALCINOSIS VISIBLE BY X-RAY ASSOCIATED WITH CHRONIC GLOMERULONEPHRITISWALTER L. ARONS, W. R. CHRISTENSEN, M. C. SOSMANWALTER L. ARONSSearch for more papers by this author, W. R. CHRISTENSENSearch for more papers by this author, M. C. SOSMANSearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-42-2-260 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIn 1947 Vaughan, Sosman and Kinney1 presented a single unique case of nephrocalcinosis associated with chronic glomerulonephritis in which the calcification took the form of roentgenographically visible fine granular deposits throughout the renal parenchyma. Since that time only one other case, apparently identical in most respects, has been reported.2It is our purpose to describe four additional cases of nephrocalcinosis associated with chronic glomerulonephritis, and to differentiate their roentgenographic findings from those in cases of nephrocalcinosis associated with other conditions.Nephrocalcinosis is a term used in this report to designate roentgenographically visible fine diffuse calcification of the renal parenchyma. While...Bibliography1. VaughanSosmanKinney JHMCTD: Nephrocalcinosis, Am. J. Roentgenol. 58: 33, 1947. Google Scholar2. GeraciHarrisKeith JEHWNM: Bilateral diffuse nephrocalcinosis. Report of two cases, Proc. Staff Meet., Mayo Clin. 25: 305, 1950. MedlineGoogle Scholar3. MortensenEmmetBaggenstoss JDJLAH: Clinical aspects of nephrocalcinosis, Proc. Staff Meet., Mayo Clin. 28: 305, 1953. MedlineGoogle Scholar4. AlbrightBairdCopeBloomberg FPCOE: Studies on the physiology of the parathyroid glands-IV. 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