Xanthinuria type I: a rare cause of urolithiasis.

Xanthinuria type I is a rare disorder of purine metabolism caused by xanthine oxidoreductase or dehydrogenase (XDH) deficiency. We report a family with two affected children out of 335 pediatric stone patients studied since 1991 in Armenia. The propositus, a 13-month-old boy, presented with abdominal pain and urinary retention followed by stone passage (0.