Medically reviewed by Jay N. Yepuri, MD Kidney stones can cause gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms like nausea, vomiting, and ...

"Once a patient has passed a renal calculus, regular riding on a moderate-intensity roller coaster may facilitate microscopic and very small calculi passage before symptomatic renal calculi can ...

Calyceal calculi. The renal calyces are the most common location for asymptomatic urinary calculi, which are often incidentally discovered on an imaging study performed for another indication.

Most of these HAP deposits grew, eroding the epithelium covering the renal papillae, coming into contact with urine and starting the development of COM calculi. Subepithelial HAP plaques may alter ...

The elevated BUN and creatinine we saw in the clinical chemistry results may have been related to obstructive renal failure from ... increased the incidence of calculi formation in the rats ...

The disease is characterized by renal calculi, nephrocalcinosis and declining renal function, but treatment options are scarce. A recent study showed that Oxalobacter formigenes, a bacterium often ...

Dissolution of renal or bladder calculi composed of apatite or struvite in select patients. Adjunct to dissolve apatite or struvite calculi after surgery or to achieve partial dissolution prior to ...

An intravenous pyelogram (IVP) or a renal ultrasound, looking for calculi, a renal mass, or polycystic kidney disease is the initial test in most patients. An IVP may be a reasonable first choice ...