Stones: Evaluation and Medical Management: Difference between revisions

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 == Imaging for Stone Disease ==
-=== Plain abdominal film ===
+=== Plain Abdominal Film ===
 * Can identify nephrocalcinosis, suggestive of RTA
 * '''Radiolucent stones (6):'''
 ** '''Uric acid'''
 ** '''Matrix'''
-** '''Medication stones (xanthine, triamterene, 2,8-dihydroxyadenine, indivir)'''
+** '''Medication stones (4):'''
-* '''Radioopaque stones: calcium oxalate, calcium phosphate, magnesium ammonium phosphate (struvite) and cystine stones'''
+***'''Xanthine'''
-** '''Although magnesium ammonium phosphate and cystine stones are often radioopaque, they are not as dense as calcium oxalate or calcium phosphate stones'''
+***'''Triamterene'''
-** Campbell’s says '''cystine stones''' radioopaque but other source (<nowiki>https://radiopaedia.org/articles/urolithiasis</nowiki>) says usually radiolucent. European Guidelines say they '''are''' '''poorly radioopaque'''§
+***'''2,8-dihydroxyadenine'''
+***'''Indivir'''
+* '''Radioopaque stones (4):'''
+**'''Calcium oxalate'''
+**'''Calcium phosphate'''
+**'''Poorly radioopaque:'''
+***'''Magnesium ammonium phosphate (struvite)'''
+***'''Cystine stones'''
+**** '''Although magnesium ammonium phosphate and cystine stones are often radioopaque, they are not as dense as calcium oxalate or calcium phosphate stones'''
 * Underestimates >90% of stones >10mm