Abstract
\u201cTrust my morphology\u201d, the key message from a kidney stone
Highlights
The morpho-constitutional classification method (MCC) established by Prof Michel Daudon correlates the morphological characteristics of stones with specific metabolic disorders [2]
Are pathognomonic of specific clinical entities corresponding to primary hyperoxaluria type 1, enteric hyperoxaluria, hyperuricosuria with diarrhea, distal tubular acidosis and cystinuria, respectively
In 2019, the International COllaborative NEtwork on Kidney sTones (ICONEKT) encouraged medical community to integrate this method for rapid identification of disorders responsible for the highly recurrent diseases [3]
Summary
The morpho-constitutional classification method (MCC) established by Prof Michel Daudon correlates the morphological characteristics of stones with specific metabolic disorders [2]. 1 Nephrology and Dialysis Department, Kidney Stone Clinic, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Brugmann Hospital, Brussels, Belgium 2 Faculty of Medicine, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Brussels, Belgium 3 Department of Urology, KU Leuven, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium 4 Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Mineral Metabolism, Charles and Jane Pak Center for Mineral Metabolism and Clinical Research, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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