A Case of Randall's Plugs Associated to Calcium Oxalate Dihydrate Calculi

Felix Grases; Otakar Söhnel; Antonia Costa-Bauza; Antonio Servera; Juan Benejam

doi:10.1016/j.eucr.2016.04.003

Urology Case Reports (Jul 2016)

A Case of Randall's Plugs Associated to Calcium Oxalate Dihydrate Calculi

Felix Grases,
Otakar Söhnel,
Antonia Costa-Bauza,
Antonio Servera,
Juan Benejam

Affiliations

Felix Grases: Laboratory of Renal Lithiasis Research, University Institute of Health Sciences Research, (IUNICS-IdIsPa), University of Balearic Islands, Palma of Mallorca, Spain
Otakar Söhnel: University of J.E. Purkyně, Faculty of Environmental Studies, Ústí n.L., Czech Republic
Antonia Costa-Bauza: Laboratory of Renal Lithiasis Research, University Institute of Health Sciences Research, (IUNICS-IdIsPa), University of Balearic Islands, Palma of Mallorca, Spain
Antonio Servera: Urology Service, Hospital de Manacor, Mallorca, Spain
Juan Benejam: Urology Service, Hospital de Manacor, Mallorca, Spain

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eucr.2016.04.003
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7, no. C
pp. 37 – 38

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A case of a patient who developed multiple calcium oxalate dihydrate calculi, some of them connected to intratubular calcifications (Randall's plugs), is presented. Randall's plugs were isolated and studied. The mechanism of Randall's plug development is also suggested.

Published in Urology Case Reports

ISSN: 2214-4420 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Netherlands
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the genitourinary system. Urology
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