PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Paul W. Musselman
AU  - Robert Kay
TI  - Urinary tract stones in immobilized children
DP  - 1985 Mar 20
TA  - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
PG  - 11--13
VI  - 52
IP  - 1
4099  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/52/1/11.short
4100  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/52/1/11.full
SO  - Cleve Clin J Med1985 Mar 20; 52
AB  - Urinary tract stones in children are uncommon in the absence of structural abnormalities or metabolic disorders. Prolonged immobilization is a recognized precursor of hypercalcemia and other disturbances in mineral metabolism. The authors describe 3 children (7, 9, and 11 years of age) who were found to have stones in the upper urinary tract following prolonged immobilization for treatment of orthopedic abnormalities. Hypercalcemia was documented in 2 patients and hypercalciuria in 1. The mechanism of immobilization-induced hypercalcemia and hypercalciuria is discussed.