Arthritis associated with calcium oxalate crystals in an anephric patient treated with peritoneal dialysis

Journal Article · Fri Sep 02 00:00:00 EDT 1988 · JAMA, J. Am. Med. Assoc.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.260.9.1280· OSTI ID:6468370

Rosenthal, A; Ryan, L M; McCarty, D J

The authors 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.

• Research Organization: Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6468370
• Journal Information: JAMA, J. Am. Med. Assoc.; (United States), Journal Name: JAMA, J. Am. Med. Assoc.; (United States) Vol. 260:9; ISSN JAMAA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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