[2,8-dihydroxyadenine urolithiasis due to partial deficiency of adenine phosphoribosyltransferase: a case report]

Hinyokika Kiyo. 1998 Oct;44(10):725-8.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

A 35-year-old female was referred to our clinic with a complaint of left flank pain in 1993. Drip infusion pyelography showed a filling defect of 25 x 24 mm in size in the left ureteropelvic junction. Computed tomography and ultrasonography revealed it as the renal stone. Percutaneous nephroureterolithotomy and extracorporeal shock-were lithotomy were performed. The stone was composed of 2,8-dihydroxyadenine (DHA). The patient was diagnosed as having a partial deficiency of adenine phosphoribosyltransferase (APRT) from the low APRT activity and a genotype of a compound heterozygote APRT*J/APRT*Q0 by T-cell analysis. The urinary excretion of 2,8-DHA crystals disappeared by the postoperative treatment with allopurinol. Cases of 2,8-DHA urolithiasis reported in the Japanese literature are discussed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adenine / analogs & derivatives*
  • Adenine / analysis
  • Adenine Phosphoribosyltransferase / deficiency*
  • Adenine Phosphoribosyltransferase / genetics
  • Adult
  • Female
  • Heterozygote
  • Humans
  • Kidney Calculi / chemistry
  • Kidney Calculi / etiology*

Substances

  • 2,8-dihydroxyadenine
  • Adenine Phosphoribosyltransferase
  • Adenine