Tubular Dysfunction and Ruptured Ureter in a Child with Menkes Syndrome

• Main Authors: Wun Fung Hui (Author), Kam Lun Hon (Author), Alexander K. C. Leung (Author), Kristine Kit Yi Pang (Author), Michael Wai Yip Leung (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Children with Menkes disease may develop various urological and renal problems that evolve as the disease progresses. A 4-year-old boy with Menkes disease had multiple bladder diverticula and a history of recurrent urinary tract infection caused by urea-splitting organisms. The child developed urose...