Milk of calcium renal cyst: CT findings

Urology. 1992 Aug;40(2):149-51. doi: 10.1016/0090-4295(92)90515-x.

Abstract

Milk of calcium in the kidney is usually found in association with hydronephrosis or caliceal diverticula. A case of milk of calcium in a renal cyst is presented. Contiguity with an adjacent rib can make it difficult to detect the dependent layered milk of calcium.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Calcium Carbonate*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Kidney / diagnostic imaging
  • Kidney Diseases, Cystic / diagnostic imaging*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed*

Substances

  • Calcium Carbonate