ASN's Mission

To create a world without kidney diseases, the ASN Alliance for Kidney Health elevates care by educating and informing, driving breakthroughs and innovation, and advocating for policies that create transformative changes in kidney medicine throughout the world.

learn more

Contact ASN

1401 H St, NW, Ste 900, Washington, DC 20005

email@asn-online.org

202-640-4660

The Latest on X

Kidney Week

Abstract: SA-PO676

Correlation of Papillary Grading and Metabolic Parameters in Calcium Stone Formers

Session Information

Category: Bone and Mineral Metabolism

  • 402 Bone and Mineral Metabolism: Clinical

Authors

  • Zisman, Anna L., University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States
  • Coe, Fredric L., University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States
  • Worcester, Elaine M., University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Background

Papillary grading has emerged as a novel technique to standardize ureteroscopic findings, but its relationship to stone pathogenesis is poorly understood. As 24-hour urine metabolic risk parameters predict stone type and likelihood of recurrence, we sought to determine whether papillary grading correlates with these parameters.

Methods

Patients' endoscopic findings during stone procedures were graded by two urologists at a single academic institution using a previously described renal papillary grading system. This system quantifies the degree of Randall’s plaque (RP), pitting, plugging, and loss of contour, yielding a summary score for each papillum. Composite scores were generated by averaging all papillary scores from a single kidney. Patients were included if they had calcium based stones and completed two 24-hour urine collections with paired serum studies prior to treatment. Pearson correlations were used to determine relationships between individual components of the score, total score, and average across the categories as related to urinary metabolic risk factors.

Results

41 patients (43% Male, 63% Caucasian) were included. The mean age was 52.1 yrs (±7.5) and mean BMI was 30.8 (±4.0) kg/m2. Contour was inversely related to 24 hr urine calcium (P<0.05) and calcium phosphate supersaturation (SSCaP) (p<0.05). Pitting is directly related to 24-hr urine oxalate (p<0.05) and inversely related to urine volume (p<0.05) (Figure). No significant correlations were found for urine pH or 24 hr urine citrate. Significant differences in RP scores (AA 0.53, C 1.35, p<0.003), but not the other grading components, were noted across racial groups.

Conclusion

Papillary grading correlates with 24 hr urine volume, calcium, oxalate, and SSCaP. Racial differences in RP burden suggest differing mechanisms of calcium lithogenesis by race which warrants further study.

Funding

  • NIDDK Support