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Alternative diagnoses to stone disease on unenhanced CT to investigate acute flank pain.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  15278717     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Acute flank pain is a common problem in emergency medicine. The most frequent cause is urolithiasis, but many other entities can cause the same clinical presentation. In many institutions unenhanced computed tomography (CT) of the abdomen is used in this setting. One of the major advantages of unenhanced CT is its ability to detect other pathologies causing flank pain. In this pictorial review, we present the CT findings of pathologies other than stone disease in patients with acute flank pain.
Authors:
Mert Koroglu; John D Wendel; Randy D Ernst; Aytekin Oto
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article     Date:  2004-05-11
Journal Detail:
Title:  Emergency radiology     Volume:  10     ISSN:  1070-3004     ISO Abbreviation:  Emerg Radiol     Publication Date:  2004 Jul 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2004-07-27     Completed Date:  2005-03-04     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9431227     Medline TA:  Emerg Radiol     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  327-33     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Radiology, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, Texas, USA. mertkoroglu@hotmail.com
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adult
Biliary Tract Diseases / radiography
Bone Diseases / radiography
Emergencies
Female
Gastrointestinal Diseases / radiography
Genital Diseases, Female / radiography
Humans
Kidney Diseases / radiography
Liver Diseases / radiography
Male
Pain
Pancreatitis / radiography
Tomography, X-Ray Computed*
Urinary Calculi / radiography*

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