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Arthritis associated with calcium oxalate crystals in an anephric patient treated with peritoneal dialysis. JAMA 1988 Sep 02;260(9):1280-2

Date

09/02/1988

Pubmed ID

3404640

Scopus ID

2-s2.0-0023762168 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site)   18 Citations

Abstract

We report a case of calcium oxalate arthropathy in a woman undergoing intermittent peritoneal dialysis who was not receiving pharmacologic doses of ascorbic acid. She developed acute arthritis, with calcium oxalate crystals in Heberden's and Bouchard's nodes, a phenomenon previously described in gout. Intermittent peritoneal dialysis may be less efficient than hemodialysis in clearing oxalate, and physicians should now consider calcium oxalate-associated arthritis in patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis who are not receiving large doses of ascorbic acid.

Author List

Rosenthal A, Ryan LM, McCarty DJ

Authors

Ann K. Rosenthal MD Associate Dean, Professor in the Medicine department at Medical College of Wisconsin
Lawrence M. Ryan MD Emeritus Professor in the Medicine department at Medical College of Wisconsin

MESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold

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Arthritis
Ascorbic Acid
Calcium Oxalate
Crystallization
Female
Hand
Humans
Kidney Failure, Chronic
Peritoneal Dialysis
Radiography