Nephrocalcinosis—A gateway to the diagnosis Atlani M, Rai N, Kohat A, Ingle V, Sharma A, Aparna P,

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Nephrocalcinosis—A gateway to the diagnosis Mahendra Atlani¹, Nirendra Rai², Abhijeet Kohat¹, Vaibhav Ingle³, Agrata Sharma², P Aparna³ ¹ Department of Nephrology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India ² Department of Neurology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India ³ Department of Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India Correspondence Address: Agrata Sharma, Senior Resident (DM)- Neurology, AIIMS, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh India Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None DOI: 10.4103/ijn.IJN_397_19

Nephrocalcinosis (NC) is the augmented calcium content within the renal parenchyma. Its pathogenesis mainly involves hypercalciuria. The presence of medullary NC provides a window to the clinician for the diagnosis of many important diseases. In this case series, we highlight three diseases that could be diagnosed with a high index of suspicion and detailed evaluation after their presentation as medullary NC.

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