Ultrasound Detection of a Renal Mass in a Patient with Flank Pain and Hematuria
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Flank pain with hematuria is a common chief complaint in the emergency department (ED). Patients are often diagnosed with renal calculi or pyelonephritis and discharged with analgesics or antibiotics and follow-up. This case study describes a patient who presented to the ED with a 1 week history of flank pain and hematuria and was subsequently found to have a large renal mass on bedside ultrasound.
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Patient with flank pain and intermittent hematuria. The typical renal colic? Usefulness of ultrasonography in the emergency room
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