1999
Acute flank pain: A modern approach to diagnosis and management
Smith R, Levine J, Dalrymple N, Barish M, Rosenfield A. Acute flank pain: A modern approach to diagnosis and management. Seminars In Ultrasound CT And MRI 1999, 20: 108-135. PMID: 10222519, DOI: 10.1016/s0887-2171(99)90042-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute flank painFlank painUreteral obstructionSecondary CT signsUnenhanced helical CTSimilar clinical pictureComplex clinical problemDominant imaging modalityClinical pictureCT signsPatient managementStone sizeUnenhanced CTClinical problemPainClinical diagnosisObstructionHelical CTCTImaging modalitiesStone visualizationAbnormalitiesDiagnosisPatientsPathophysiology
1996
Acute ureteral obstruction: value of secondary signs of helical unenhanced CT.
Smith R, Verga M, Dalrymple N, McCarthy S, Rosenfield A. Acute ureteral obstruction: value of secondary signs of helical unenhanced CT. American Journal Of Roentgenology 1996, 167: 1109-13. PMID: 8911160, DOI: 10.2214/ajr.167.5.8911160.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAcute DiseaseAdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overCalculiDilatation, PathologicFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansHypertrophyKidneyKidney CalculiKidney DiseasesKidney Tubules, CollectingMaleMiddle AgedRadiographic Image EnhancementRenal VeinsSensitivity and SpecificityTomography, X-Ray ComputedUreteral CalculiUreteral DiseasesUreteral ObstructionConceptsAcute flank painPerinephric strandingFlank painSecondary signsSystem dilatationUreteral dilatationUnenhanced CTRenal enlargementUreteral stonesPredictive valueTissue rim signUreteral stone diseaseNegative predictive valueSoft tissue attenuationPositive predictive valueUnenhanced CT imagesPatients NinetyUreteral obstructionRenal sizeSuspicious calcificationsOdds ratioStone diseaseRenal stonesPatientsDilatationDiagnosis of acute flank pain: value of unenhanced helical CT.
Smith R, Verga M, McCarthy S, Rosenfield A. Diagnosis of acute flank pain: value of unenhanced helical CT. American Journal Of Roentgenology 1996, 166: 97-101. PMID: 8571915, DOI: 10.2214/ajr.166.1.8571915.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute flank painFlank painUnenhanced CTStone diseaseUreteral stonesCommon bile duct stonesBile duct stonesUnenhanced helical CTUnenhanced CT findingsUreteral stone diseaseFalse-negative diagnosesUreteroscopic stone extractionExtraurinary causesAcute appendicitisCT abnormalitiesCT findingsDuct stonesAdnexal massesCT diagnosisStone extractionPainPatientsClinical diagnosisImaging studiesHelical CT