Urolithiasis classification

1. CLASSIFICATION OF
NEPHROLITHIASIS &
DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA
Dept of Urology
Govt Royapettah Hospital and Kilpauk Medical College
Chennai

2. Moderators:
Professors:
• Prof. Dr. G. Sivasankar, M.S., M.Ch.,
• Prof. Dr. A. Senthilvel, M.S., M.Ch.,
Asst Professors:
• Dr. J. Sivabalan, M.S., M.Ch.,
• Dr. R. Bhargavi, M.S., M.Ch.,
• Dr. S. Raju, M.S., M.Ch.,
• Dr. K. Muthurathinam, M.S., M.Ch.,
• Dr. D. Tamilselvan, M.S., M.Ch.,
• Dr. K. Senthilkumar, M.S., M.Ch.
Dept of Urology, GRH and KMC, Chennai. 2

3. • The causes of nephrolithiasis is classified as
a) Calcium based calculi – Hypercalciuria
Hyperuricosuric calcium oxalate stones
Hyperoxaluria
Hypocitraturic calcium stones
Hypomagnesuric calcium stones
b) Uric acid based calculi
c) Cystinuria
d) Infective calculi (struvite)
e) Low urine volumes
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4. HYPERCALCIURIA
Most common predisposing factor for stone formation
Patient with oxalate stone excrete higher fraction of dietary calcium
(nrml<4mg/kg/day) or >200mg/day
Hypercalciuria is seen in frequency dysuria synd,beckwith-wiedmann
synd & cystic fibrosis
Its of 4 types- Absorptive, Renal, Resorptive, Idiopathic
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5. • Absorptive
-most common cause
-due to inc intestinal absorption of calcium
a)Due to overly aggressive vit D supplement
b)Excessive ingestion of calcium containing food
Two types
Type I-a)hyper calciuria with out calcium load
b)uncommon, most severe type
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6. • Type II- hyper calciuria with high calcium intake
• Type III-a)rare
b)renal defect cause excess urinary phosphate excretion due to
inactivation of renal epithelial NaPi2(sodium phosphate co transporter)
-hypophosphatemia-activation of vitD3-increased absorption of Ca+ &
phosphate-hyper calciuria
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7. • Renal
a)Defect in kidney –allows excess calcium excretion regardless of
SrCa+,body stores, calcium ingestion
b)Calcium creatinine ratio high(>.20)
c)Secondary parathyroidism
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8. Resorptive Hypercalciuria
• is an infrequent abnormality
• most commonly associated with primary hyperparathyroidism.
• Primary hyperparathyroidism is due to parathyroid tumour….
IDIOPATHIC Hypercalciuria
• found in normal people & stone formers
• Inc urine ca+ but no serum abnormalities
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9. absorptive renal Resorptive
Serum calcium Normal normal Elevated
Parathyroid
function
Suppressed Stimulated Stimulated
Fasting urinay ca+ Normal Elevated Elevated
Intestinalca+
absorption
elevated Elevated Elevated
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10. Hyperoxaluria
• > 40mg/day
• Causes of Hyperoxaluria
• primary Hyperoxaluria); disorders in biosynthetic pathways
• enteric Hyperoxaluria - intestinal malabsorptive states associated
with inflammatory bowel disease, celiac sprue, or intestinal resection
• dietary Hyperoxaluria excessive dietary intake or high substrat elevels
(vitamin C) .
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11. Primary Hyperoxaluria
• Mutations of gene (AGXT) - primary enzyme alanine/glyoxalate
aminotransferase (AGT) - catalyzing glyoxalate conversion to glycine
• rare autosomal recessive disorder in glyoxalate metabolism -
conversion of glyoxalate to glycine is prevented,
• leading to preferential oxidative conversion of glyoxalate to oxalate,
an end product of metabolism result in primary Hyperoxaluria type 1,
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12. • Primary Hyperoxaluria type 2 (PH2) - defect in glyoxalate reductase/
hydroxypyruvate reductase (GRHPR) in the liver, resulting in
Hyperoxaluria nephrolithiasis,
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13. Enteric Hyperoxaluria
• The most common cause of acquired hyperoxaluria
• is associated with chronic diarrheal states, by which fat
malabsorption
• results in saponification of fatty acids with divalent cations such as
calcium and magnesium,
• thereby reducing calcium oxalate complexation and increasing the
pool of available oxalate for reabsorption
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14. Dietary Hyperoxaluria
• Over eating nuts, chocolate, brewed tea, spinach, broccoli,
strawberries, and rhubarb
• increased animal protein can also increase urinary levels of calcium
and oxalate
• Severe cal restriction
• More supplementation of vit-c
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15. Idiopathic Hyperoxaluria
• mild Hyperoxaluria is as important a factor as hypercalciuria in the
pathogenesis of idiopathic calcium oxalate stones
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16. Hyperuricosuria
• uric acid > 600 mg/day.
• 10% of calcium stone formers have high urinary uric acid
• Hyperuricosuria increases urinary levels of monosodium urate, which in turn
promotes calcium oxalate stone formation.
• At pH less than 5.5, the undissociated form of uric acid predominates, leading
to uric acid and/or calcium oxalate stone formation.
• Uric acid may also reduce the effectiveness of naturally occurring inhibitors
of crystallization .
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17. • The most common cause of hyperuricosuria is increased dietary
purine intake
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• acquired disease - gout, myeloproliferative and lymphoproliferative
disorders, multiple myeloma, secondary polycythemia, pernicious
anemia, hemolytic disorders, hemoglobinopathies
• hereditary renal hypouricemia/hyperuricosuria is due to Mutations
in the gene encoding URAT1 [urate transporter in the proximal renal
tubule, the anion exchanger URAT1 ]
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18. Hypocitraturia
• urinary citrate < 320 mg/day
• Acid-base state is the primary determinant of urinary citrate
excretion.
• Metabolic acidosis reduces urinary citrate levels secondary to
enhanced renal tubular reabsorption and decreased synthesis of
citrate in peritubular cells
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19. • Citrate is an important Inhibitor
• mechanisms.
• First ---reduces urinary saturation of calcium
• Second --directly prevents spontaneous nucleation of calcium oxalate
• Third -- inhibits agglomeration and sedimentation of calcium oxalate
crystals , growth of calcium oxalate and calcium phosphate crystals
• Finally --normal urinary citrate levels can enhance the inhibitory
effect of Tamm-Horsfall glycoprotein
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20. • Citrate levels in the urine increase in alkalotic states, as well as
• with elevated levels of PTH, estrogen, growth hormone, and vitamin
D.
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21. Low Urine pH
• At low urine pH (<5.5), the undissociated form of uric acid
predominates,
• leading to uric acid and/or calcium stone formation.
• Calcium oxalate stones form as a result of heterologous nucleation
with uric acid crystals
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22. Renal Tubular Acidosis
• RTA is a clinical syndrome characterized by metabolic acidosis
resulting from defects in renal tubular hydrogen ion secretion or
bicarbonate reabsorption.
• Types 1,2,4
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23. • Type 1 (Distal) RTA. comprises a syndrome of
• abnormal collecting duct function characterized by inability to acidify
the urine in the presence of systemic acidosis.
• The classic findings include
• hypokalemic, hyperchloremic,
• non–anion gap metabolic acidosis along with nephrolithiasis,
nephrocalcinosis, and elevated urine pH (>6.0)
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24. • The most common stone is calcium phosphate as a result of
hypercalciuria, hypocitraturia, and increased urinary pH
• The metabolic acidosis promotes
• bone demineralization, which leads to secondary
hyperparathyroidism and hypercalciuria.
• Profound hypocitraturia the most important factor in stone
formation
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25. • Type 2 (Proximal) RTA. is characterized by
• a defect in HCO3− reabsorption associated with initial high urine pH
that normalizes as plasma HCO3− decreases and the amount of
filtered HCO3− falls
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26. • Type 4 (Distal) is associated with chronic renal damage, interstitial
renal disease and diabetic nephropathy.
• Reduction in glomerular filtration results in hyperkalemic,
hyperchloremic metabolic acidosis due to loss of HCO3− in the urine
and decreased excretion of ammonium
• Aldosterone resistance is commonly associated with type 4 RTA
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27. Hypomagnesuria
• Hypomagnesuria is a rare cause of nephrolithiasis, affecting less than
1% of stone formers as an isolated abnormality,
• Low urinary magnesium is also associated with decreased urinary
citrate levels,
• Reduce inhibitory activity
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28. Uric Acid Stones
• The three main determinants factors---
• low pH [most important pathogenetic factor ]
• low urine volume, [hot temperature]
• hyperuricosuria
• most patients with uric acid stones have normal uric acid excretion
with persistent low urine pH
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29. • congenital, acquired, or idiopathic causes.
• Congenital - associated with uric acid stones involve renal tubular
urate transport or uric acid metabolism , leading to hyperuricosuria.
• Acquired - chronic diarrhea, volume depletion, myeloproliferative
disorders, high animal protein intake, and uricosuric drugs may affect
any of the three factors determining uric acid stone formation.
• “gouty diathesis” or idiopathic low urine ph
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30. Low urine ph
• Higher prevalence in non –insulin dependent diabetes
• Impaired ammonium production or excretion as a result of insulin
resistance could leave hydrogen ions unbuffered in the urine, thereby
leading to reduction in urine pH
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31. Cystine Stones
• Cystinuria -autosomal recessive -characterized by a defect in
intestinal and renal tubular transport of dibasic amino acids, resulting
in excessive urinary excretion of Cystine
• the defect also results in high urinary concentrations of lysine,
ornithine, and arginine, the poor solubility of Cystine leads to stone
formation
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32. • main contributor to Cystine crystallization is
supersaturation - no specific inhibitor of Cystine
crystallization in the urine. Because of the poor
solubility of Cystine in urine- precipitation of Cystine
and subsequent stone formation occur at physiologic
urine conditions.
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33. Infection Stones
• Infection stones (Bichler et al, 2002) are composed primarily of
magnesium ammonium phosphate hexahydrate [MgNH4PO4 ]
• “struvite” stones (magnesium ammonium phosphate) - urinary
infection by urea-splitting bacteria like proteus vulgaris
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34. • Pathogenesis
• The process of urealysis by urease provides an alkaline urine and
sufficient concentrations of carbonate and ammonia to induce the
formation of infection stones.
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35. • Urinary urea, a constituent of normal urine, is first hydrolyzed to
ammonia and carbon dioxide in the presence of bacterial urease:
• (NH2 )2CO+H2O =2NH3 + CO2
• The alkaline urine that results from this reaction (pH 7.2 to 8.0)
• favors the formation of ammonium:
• NH3 + H2O=NH4+ +OH−
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36. • Under physiologic conditions, the alkaline urine prevent further
generation of ammonium.
• in the presence of urease, ammonia continues to be produced
despite alkaline urine, further increasing urinary pH.
• The alkaline environment also promotes the hydration of carbon
dioxide to carbonic acid, which then dissociates into HCO3− and H+.
• Further dissociation of HCO3− yields carbonate and two hydrogen
ions
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37. • The dissociation of hydrogen phosphate under alkaline conditions provides
phosphate
• H2PO4 _= H + + HPO4
• HPO4 = H + PO 4
• with physiologic concentrations of magnesium, provides the constituents
necessary for precipitation of struvite.
• In addition, the concentrations of calcium, phosphate & carbonate allow
precipitation of carbonate apatite and hydroxyapatite, thereby comprising the
components of infection Stones
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38. Bacteriology
• The most common urease-producing pathogens are Proteus, [Proteus
mirabilis], Klebsiella, Pseudomonas, and Staphylococcus
• Escherichia coli is a common cause of urinary tract infections, only
rare species of E.coli produce urease
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39. • infection stones occur most commonly in those prone to frequent
urinary tract infections,[ struvite stones more often in women]
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40. Xanthine and Dihydroxyadenine
• Xanthine stones comprise a rare stone type -- often confused with uric acid stones because both
are radiolucent.
• an inherited disorder in the catabolic enzyme xanthine dehydrogenase (XDH) or xanthine
oxidase, which catalyzes the conversion of xanthine to uric acid.
• xanthine is poorly soluble in urine, the high levels of xanthine that accumulate in XDH deficiency
lead to xanthine stones
Allopurinol, which inhibits XDH and is used to treat hyperuricemia and hyperuricosuria, can, at
high levels, predispose to xanthine stones.
This side effect is distinctly uncommon because the drug causes only partial inhibition of the
enzyme and rarely reduces
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41. Ammonium Acid Urate Stones
• less than 1% of all stones
• Conditions associated include laxative abuse, recurrent urinarytract
infection, recurrent uric acid stone formation, and inflammatory
bowel disease
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42. • postulated to be the result of dehydration due to gastrointestinal fluid
loss causing intracellular acidosis and enhanced ammonia excretion.
• Because urinary sodium is low in the setting of laxative use, urate
complexes with abundant ammonia, thereby leading to urinary
supersaturation of ammonium acid urate.
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43. Matrix Stones
• these “stones” are typically radiolucent and may be mistaken for
tumor or uric acid stones
• composition of matrix stones was approximately two-thirds
mucoprotein and one-third mucopolysaccharide
• The matrix substance in crystalline calculi is closely related to the
matrix substance found in matrix calculi.
• reduced urinary calcium levels may account for the preferential
formation of matrix stones
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44. • In renal failure patients undergoing dialysis, proteinuria may
contribute to an increased risk of matrix stone formation. )
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45. Medication-Related Stones
• Drug-induced stones form either directly due to precipitation and
crystallization of a drug or its metabolite or indirectly by altering the
urinary environment, making it favorable for metabolic stone
formation
• Medications That Directly Promote Stone Formation Indinavir Stones.
• Indinavir sulfate is a protease inhibitor
• Triamterene Stones. Triamterene is a potassium-sparing diuretic
commonly used for the treatment of hypertension.
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46. • Guaifenesin and Ephedrine. Consumption of large quantities of
guaifenesin and ephedrine can lead to stones composed of their
Metabolites
• Silicate Stones.
• Silica is a common element seen in vegetables,whole grains,
seafood, and even drinking water that is easily excreted in the urine
• Silicate stones -extremely rare - associated with consumption of
large amounts of silicate-containing antacids such as magnesium
Trisilicate
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47. • Medications That Indirectly Promote Stone Formation
Corticosteroids, vitamin D, and phosphate binding antacids can
induce hypercalciuria.
• Thiazides cause intracellular acidosis and subsequent hypocitraturia
• Carbonic anhydrase inhibitors such as acetazolamide
• Chronic use results in hypocitraturia, hypercalciuria, and increased
risk for calcium phosphate stones
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48. • Lastly, cytotoxic agents promote a high cell turnover, resulting in
urinary excretion of large amounts of uric acid.
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52. Chemical type appearance Mineralogic name
Calcium oxalate monohydrate Hour glass Whewellite
Calcium oxalate dihydrate Envelope, tetrahedral Weddellite
Calcium hydrogen phosphate
dihydrate
needle Brushite
Magnesium ammonium phosphate Rectangular,coffin lid Struvite
Tricalciumphosphate Whitlockite
Carbonite-apatite Amorphous Carbonite-apatite
Cystine hexagonal Cystine
Uric acid amorphous shards, plates Uric acid
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53. apatite
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54. Calcium oxalate dihydrate-envelope
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55. Calcium oxalate monohydrate-hourglass
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56. Cystine-hexaconal/ground glass
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57. Ammonium acid urate
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58. Brushite -needle shape
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59. Struvite –rectangular coffin-lid
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60. THANK YOU
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