Late Presentation of Primary Oxalosis, Microcrystalline Arthropathy, and Tumoral Calcinosis: A Case Report and a Literature Review. 2024

Sanda Mrabet, and Mohamed BenHmida
Department of Nephrology, Dialysis, and Transplantation, Sahloul University Hospital, Sousse, Tunisia.

BACKGROUND Primary hyperoxaluria consists of a group of inherited disorders with enzymatic defects in the glyoxylate pathway, leading to decreased oxalate metabolism. The resulting oxalic deposition is specifically responsible for kidney disease and joint disease. Neonatal oxalosis is the most severe form of primary hyperoxia type 1, with the onset of end-stage renal disease in childhood. METHODS A 55-year-old hemodialysis man was referred to Nephrology because of inflammatory polyarthralgia and periarticular swelling evolving for six months. He had been on hemodialysis for six years for end-stage chronic renal failure, diagnosed at the same time as primary hyperoxaluria. Radiological investigation showed a rugby jersey appearance on the lumbar spine, budding calcium tone opacities next to large joints and clavicles, vascular calcifications and tumoral calcinosis. The synovial fluid contained a few cells with polymorphic intracellular crystals. We ruled out hyperparathyroidism, hypoparathyroidism, and related phosphocalcic disorders, and we retained arthropathy and tumoral calcinosis secondary to primary hyperoxaliuria. The patient also had congestive heart failure. Despite intensification of hemodialysis, he did not improve and died at the age of 56 in the context of cachexia. CONCLUSIONS This rare case documents the possible occurrence of late clinical presentation and long survival in primary oxalosis with extra renal complications.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D006960 Hyperoxaluria, Primary A genetic disorder characterized by excretion of large amounts of OXALATES in urine; NEPHROLITHIASIS; NEPHROCALCINOSIS; early onset of RENAL FAILURE; and often a generalized deposit of CALCIUM OXALATE. There are subtypes classified by the enzyme defects in glyoxylate metabolism. Oxaluria, Primary,Primary Hyperoxaluria,Primary Oxalosis,Primary Oxaluria,Hyperoxalurias, Primary,Oxaloses, Primary,Oxalosis, Primary,Oxalurias, Primary,Primary Hyperoxalurias,Primary Oxaloses,Primary Oxalurias
D007592 Joint Diseases Diseases involving the JOINTS. Arthropathies,Arthropathy,Joint Disease
D007676 Kidney Failure, Chronic The end-stage of CHRONIC RENAL INSUFFICIENCY. It is characterized by the severe irreversible kidney damage (as measured by the level of PROTEINURIA) and the reduction in GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE to less than 15 ml per min (Kidney Foundation: Kidney Disease Outcome Quality Initiative, 2002). These patients generally require HEMODIALYSIS or KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION. ESRD,End-Stage Renal Disease,Renal Disease, End-Stage,Renal Failure, Chronic,Renal Failure, End-Stage,Chronic Kidney Failure,End-Stage Kidney Disease,Chronic Renal Failure,Disease, End-Stage Kidney,Disease, End-Stage Renal,End Stage Kidney Disease,End Stage Renal Disease,End-Stage Renal Failure,Kidney Disease, End-Stage,Renal Disease, End Stage,Renal Failure, End Stage
D008297 Male Males
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D002114 Calcinosis Pathologic deposition of calcium salts in tissues. Calcification, Pathologic,Calcinosis, Tumoral,Microcalcification,Microcalcinosis,Pathologic Calcification,Calcinoses,Calcinoses, Tumoral,Microcalcifications,Microcalcinoses,Tumoral Calcinoses,Tumoral Calcinosis
D006435 Renal Dialysis Therapy for the insufficient cleansing of the BLOOD by the kidneys based on dialysis and including hemodialysis, PERITONEAL DIALYSIS, and HEMODIAFILTRATION. Dialysis, Extracorporeal,Dialysis, Renal,Extracorporeal Dialysis,Hemodialysis,Dialyses, Extracorporeal,Dialyses, Renal,Extracorporeal Dialyses,Hemodialyses,Renal Dialyses
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000070657 Crystal Arthropathies Joint disorders that are characterized by accumulation of microcrystals in and around the joint including in the SYNOVIAL FLUID. They are classified according to the chemical nature of the crystals such as CALCIUM PYROPHOSPHATE; basic CALCIUM PHOSPHATES; and monosodium urate (see URIC ACID). Crystal Arthritis,Crystalline Arthritis,Crystalline Arthropathies,Arthritides, Crystal,Arthritides, Crystalline,Arthritis, Crystal,Arthritis, Crystalline,Arthropathies, Crystal,Arthropathies, Crystalline,Arthropathy, Crystal,Arthropathy, Crystalline,Crystal Arthritides,Crystal Arthropathy,Crystalline Arthritides,Crystalline Arthropathy
D017809 Fatal Outcome Death resulting from the presence of a disease in an individual, as shown by a single case report or a limited number of patients. This should be differentiated from DEATH, the physiological cessation of life and from MORTALITY, an epidemiological or statistical concept. Fatal Outcomes,Outcome, Fatal,Outcomes, Fatal

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