Pathology Oncology Research

, Volume 9, Issue 1, pp 47–48

Calcium oxalate precipitates in a renomedullary interstitial cell tumor

  • Irene Pecorella
  • Sebastian B. Lucas
  • Antonio Ciardi
  • Lorenzo Memeo
  • Robert F. Miller
Case Report
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DOI: 10.1007/BF03033714

Cite this article as:
Pecorella, I., Lucas, S.B., Ciardi, A. et al. Pathol. Oncol. Res. (2003) 9: 47. doi:10.1007/BF03033714

Abstract

We report a case of calcium oxalate deposition in a renomedullary interstitial cell tumor (RICT) in a patient dying of full-blown AIDS. The precipitates showed birefringence using a partially polaris ed light and were stained black in Yasue’s silver nit rate-rubeanic acid method. The combination of calcium oxalosis and RICT has not been reported before and might possibly be due to systemic biochemical alterations of the glycosaminoglycans as a result of profound metabolic disturbances in AIDS patients.

Keywords

calcium oxalate kidney renomedullary interstitial cell tumor 

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© Arányi Lajos Foundation 2003

Authors and Affiliations

  • Irene Pecorella
    • 3
  • Sebastian B. Lucas
    • 1
  • Antonio Ciardi
    • 3
  • Lorenzo Memeo
    • 3
  • Robert F. Miller
    • 2
  1. 1.Department of Histopathology-Guy’s Kings and St Thomas’s School of MedicineSt Thomas’s HospitalLondonUK
  2. 2.Department of Sexually Transmitted Diseases-Windeyer Institute of Medical SciencesRoyal Free and University College Medical School and Camden and Islington Community Health Services TrustLondon
  3. 3.Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale e PatologiaUniversità degli Studi “La Sapienza”RomaItaly

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