A pediatric case of ureterolithiasis due to cystinuria accompanied by acute appendicitis; a case report

• DOI: 10.1016/j.ijscr.2022.107596
• Publication Date: 2022-09-05T18:20:48Z
• Authors: Tomohiro Hiraoka; Mai Kawamura; Keisuke Takada; Tadashi Moriwake
• Keywords: Cystinuria; Etiology

Acute abdominal pain, a chief complaint frequently seen in the emergency department, can be triggered by vast range of conditions. Although ureterolithiasis is less common cause children, renal colic caused calculi due to hereditary metabolic diseases among patients those age groups.We report 12-year-old girl with pain who was diagnosed concurrent acute appendicitis and cystinuria. successfully treated cefmetazole, calculus eliminated after adequate fluid loading.Synchronous reported rare. Cystinuria stone-forming disease, first detected childhood. Increasing solubility cystine urine required prevent recurrent stone formation accompanying complications. Urinalysis, ultrasound, computed tomography coincidentally demonstrated two different pathological processes appendicitis.Careful physical laboratory examination help clinicians find coexisting etiologies pain. Ureterolithiasis children disorders such as Early diagnosis cystinuria close monitoring may lead better long-term outcome.