nephrolithiasis

Question 1

What is the most common type of kidney stones?

Answer 1

calcium oxalate or calcium phosphate

Question 2

What causes ammonium magnesium phosphate stones to be present?

Answer 2

infection with proteus vulgaris or klebsiella

Question 3

What is the pathognomonic finding in a person with ammonium magnesium phosphate stones?

Answer 3

stag horn colliculi

Question 4

What predisposes someone to developing uric acid stones?

Answer 4

hot arid climates, low urine volume, acidic pH

gout, myeloproliferative disorders, leukemia

Question 5

Who usually gets cysteine kidney stones?

Answer 5

children

Question 6

What occurs in hydronephrosis?

Answer 6

dilation of collecting ducts and then proximal and distal tubules