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Medullary nephrocalcinosis

Nephrocalcinosis, once known as Albright's calcinosis after Fuller Albright, is a term originally used to describe deposition of calcium salts in the renal parenchyma due to hyperparathyroidism. The term nephrocalcinosis is used to describe the deposition of both calcium oxalate and calcium phosphate. [Source: Wikipedia ]

Is A
Nephrocalcinosis
May Cause
Hyperechoic renal medulla
May Be Caused by
 Common
Cystinuria
DeToni-Fanconi syndrome
Hypercalcemia
Hyperparathyroidism
Medullary sponge kidney
Osteoporosis
Renal tubular acidosis
 Uncommon
Acetazolamide
Adrenocorticotrophic hormone
AIDS-related infection
Alkaptonuria
Aminoaciduria
Amphotericin B
Bartter syndrome
Blue diaper syndrome
Chronic pyelonephritis
Dialysis therapy
Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
Ellis-van Creveld syndrome
Familial hypercholesterolemia
Furosemide
Glycogen storage disease type 1
Gout
Hepatic fibrosis-renal cystic disease
Hyperthyroidism
Hyperuricemia
Hypochloremic acidosis
Hypophosphatasia
Idiopathic renal hypercalciuria
Infantile hypothyroidism
Metaphyseal chondrodysplasia Jansen type
Metaphyseal chondrodysplasia Shwachman type
Nail-patella syndrome
Oxalosis
Polyostotic fibrous dysplasia
Pseudohypoparathyroidism
Radiation therapy
Renal medullary necrosis
Renal papillary necrosis
Sickle cell disease
Sjögren syndrome
Sulfonamide
Triamterene
Tuberculosis
Vesicoureteral reflux
Vitamin D-resistant rickets
Williams syndrome
Wilson disease
Zollinger-Ellison syndrome

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