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Do you routinely check a TSH level in patients with recurrent kidney stones who have hypercalciuria of unknown cause?

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Nephrology · Mayo Clinic
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No. Although hyperthyroidism is a reported cause of hypercalcemia and hypercalciuria, it must be very rare cause of nephrolithiasis. I suspect the patient would be obviously hyperthyroid on examination. Hyperparathyroidism is a much more common cause of kidney stones. In my practice, if the stone an...

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