2001
Relationship between duration of pain and secondary signs of obstruction of the urinary tract on unenhanced helical CT.
Varanelli M, Coll D, Levine J, Rosenfield A, Smith R. Relationship between duration of pain and secondary signs of obstruction of the urinary tract on unenhanced helical CT. American Journal Of Roentgenology 2001, 177: 325-30. PMID: 11461855, DOI: 10.2214/ajr.177.2.1770325.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDuration of painUnenhanced helical CTFlank painSecondary signsCT studiesAcute ureterolithiasisSystem dilatationHelical CTUreteral dilatationUreteral obstructionPerinephric fluidUnenhanced CT studiesPerinephric strandingPeriureteral strandingConsecutive patientsUrinary tractPainDilatationNegative findingsNephromegalyObstructionPatientsCTUreterolithiasisSignificant increase
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
1997
Soft-tissue "rim" sign in the diagnosis of ureteral calculi with use of unenhanced helical CT.
Heneghan J, Dalrymple N, Verga M, Rosenfield A, Smith R. Soft-tissue "rim" sign in the diagnosis of ureteral calculi with use of unenhanced helical CT. Radiology 1997, 202: 709-11. PMID: 9051021, DOI: 10.1148/radiology.202.3.9051021.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1996
Diagnosis 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