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Imaging Modalities for Renal Calculus

AXR. KUB
 - Good far calcium-containing stones useful when limited radiation dose
X-rays useful tor stone ... identify non-calculus causes ... Combines calcific stone ... for non-calculus causes ... #Kidney #stones
Causes of Hypercalcemia
Parathyroid gland structure-related
 • Primary hyperparathyroidism
 • Parathyroid adenoma
 • Parathyroid hyperplasia
 • Parathyroid
Causes of Hypercalcemia ... breast, lung, renal ... Pheochromocytoma Chronic kidney ... #endocrinology ... #diagnosis #differential
Alkaline Phosphatase (ALP) Elevation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

ALP:
 - Enzymes that catalyze hydrolysis of organic phosphate
- Differential Diagnosis ... Intestine - Other causes ... Intestine • Kidney ... Pregnancy - Renal ... duct stricture/Stones
Renal Abscess on POCUS
Left flank pain. On ABX Day 5 for pyelo. She has hx of
POCUS Left flank ... stones and now ... passing another stone ... this patient--diagnosis ... #Abscess #kidney
Perinephric fluid on POCUS

Differential Diagnosis: Calyceal rupture due to obstruction (eg, ureteral stone, crossing vessels, compression
Perinephric fluid on POCUS ... Differential Diagnosis ... (eg, ureteral stone ... Perinephric #fluid #POCUS ... #kidney #clinical
Short Stature - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Normal Variant, Normal Puberty Onset (BA = CA)
 • Familial Short
- Differential Diagnosis ... Chemotherapy • Bone ... Celiac, IBD) • Renal ... #Algorithm #endocrinology ... #causes #pediatrics
Low Alkaline Phosphatase - Hypophosphatasia 

Is Low Alkaline Phosphatase Of Clinical Importance?

ALP enzyme- Discovered in 1923
Low
tubule of the kidney ... Most cases diagnosed ... neuropathy • Renal ... : - Renal failure ... Phosphatase: • Other causes
Metabolic Causes of Kidney Stones in Children
 • Calcium Oxalate: Primary Hyperoxaluria type 1-3, Secondary Hyperoxaluria
Metabolic Causes ... of Kidney Stones ... #Kidney #Stones ... #pediatrics #nephrology ... #differential #diagnosis
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
and Differential Diagnosis ... evaluation should be done ... disturbance, or acute kidney ... Vasculitis • Endocrinologic ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Medullary Nephrocalcinosis on Renal POCUS

Female with right flank pain.  Diagnosis and cause?  
Answer: Medullary
Nephrocalcinosis on Renal ... POCUS Female ... Diagnosis and cause ... distal ureteral stone ... Nephrocalcinosis #Renal