[Carbonic anhydrase inhibitors and calcium phosphate stones]

Nephrologie. 2004;25(5):169-72.
[Article in French]

Abstract

We report a case of a 33 years old female with a history of paroxystic hemidystonia treated by acetazolamide, a carbonic anhydrase inhibitor (CAI), and who developed two years after the initiation of this treatment bilateral radio-opaque stones. Laboratory tests revealed a hyperchloremic acidosis, an elevated urinary pH, a hypercalciuria, a severe hypocitraturia and numerous granulations of amorphous carbonated calcium phosphates and brushite crystals on urinary microscopic examination, the whole suggests a diagnosis of acetazolamide-induced nephrolithiasis. We discuss in this article the lithogenetic process and the usual composition of the stones induced by CAI, and specific risk factors for developing drug-induced lithiasis which should be taken into consideration when prescribing long-term drug regimens.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Acetazolamide / administration & dosage
  • Acetazolamide / adverse effects*
  • Adult
  • Calcium Phosphates / analysis*
  • Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors / administration & dosage
  • Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors / adverse effects*
  • Dystonia / drug therapy
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Kidney Calculi / chemically induced*
  • Kidney Calculi / chemistry*

Substances

  • Calcium Phosphates
  • Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors
  • Acetazolamide