hyperuricosuria
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Introduction
Increased uric acid in the urine. It may occur as a result of hyperuricemia & may result in acute uric acid nephropathy or in formation of uric acid stones. Also associated with 20% of calcium-based urinary stones[2].
Epidemiology
male:female ratio 4:1
Laboratory
- 24 hour urine uric acid
- > 750 mg/24 hours women
- > 800 mg/24 hours men
Management
- allopurinol
- diet
More general terms
Additional terms
- acute uric acid nephropathy
- hyperuricemia
- urate; uric acid
- uric acid in 24 hour urine
- uric acid stone (urate nephropathy, gouty nephropathy)
References
- ↑ Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 11, American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 1998
- ↑ Jump up to: 2.0 2.1 Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 13th ed. Isselbacher et al (eds), McGraw-Hill Inc. NY, 1994, pg 1330