Unenhanced helical CT for suspected renal colic.
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
Mimics of renal colic: alternative diagnoses at unenhanced helical CT.
During the past decade, unenhanced computed tomography (CT) has become the standard of reference in the detection of urinary calculi owing to its high sensitivity (>95%) and specificity (>98%) in this setting. Numerous diseases may manifest as acute flank pain and mimic urolithiasis. Up to one-third of unenhanced CT examinations performed because of flank pain may reveal unsuspected findings un...
متن کاملUtility of hematuria testing in patients with suspected renal colic: correlation with unenhanced helical CT results.
OBJECTIVES To determine the utility of hematuria testing in a large series of patients with suspected renal colic using unenhanced helical computed tomography (CT) as the reference standard. METHODS A retrospective review of the CT reports of all patients who underwent unenhanced helical CT for suspected renal colic at one institution during a 3.5-year period and who also underwent a formal m...
متن کاملNormal ureter size on unenhanced helical CT.
OBJECTIVE Unenhanced helical CT is the imaging method of choice when evaluating patients with acute flank pain and suspected ureterolithiasis. In addition to directly identifying stones in the lumen of the ureter, CT secondary signs of obstruction such as ureteral dilatation are frequently present and can be helpful in establishing a diagnosis. The purposes of this study were to define ureteral...
متن کاملEvaluation of suspected renal colic patients with unenhanced low-dose multi-detector computed tomography.
OBJECTIVES To determine the proportion of correctly diagnosed ureteric calculi and alternate diagnoses using unenhanced low dose multidetector CT KUB. DESIGN Descriptive - prospective study. SETTING Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi between November 2006 and October 2007. SUBJECTS One hundred and four patients underwent low dose multi-detector computed tomography (MDCT) KUB. RESULTS...
متن کاملRenal infarction in patients presenting with suspected renal colic*
Acute renal infarction is a serious medical emergency. The diagnosis is often delayed or missed as it is not common. Hence, the exact incidence of acute renal infarction is not known. Failure to consider renal infarction in the initial differential diagnosis results in a delay in diagnosis and treatment, which in turn leads to permanent loss of renal function. We present two cases of acute kidn...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Roentgenology
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0361-803X,1546-3141
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.173.2.10430148