[Primary hyperoxaluria with endstage renal failure in an infant].

Objective: To report a case of an infant with endstage renal failure caused by primary hyperoxaluria.

Methods: The review of the literature showed the rarity of the disease. In France, the prevalence is about 1.

[Renal scars in children with primary vesicoureteral reflux].

Objective: To determine the incidence of renal scars in children with primary vesicoureteral reflux taking into consideration the following variables: sex, age at diagnosis, febrile urinary infection, degree of reflux and bacteria specimen.

Method: Retrospective study of 58 children with age ranging from 2 months to 11 years, presenting primary vesicoureteral reflux detected by voiding cystourethrogram after documented episode of urinary tract infection. The diagnosis of renal scarring was obtained by dimercaptosuccinic acid scan 5 months after the treatment of the urinary infection; in 40 children the dimercaptosuccinic acid scan was performed again from 6 months up to 6 years after the treatment.