Significance of loin pain in women. A study of 100 consecutive cases referred to a urological clinic.
Of 100 consecutive female patients referred to a urology clinic in Sheffield with suspected renal pain, only 22% has upper-urinary-tract lesions. A full history and examination, an analysis of a midstream specimen of urine, and a straight X-ray examination of the renal tract indicated or excluded an upper-urinary-tract lesion in 94% of the cases. In the remaining 6%, where an upper-urinary-tract abnormality was diagnosed only after urography, the findings were incidental in most cases and no treatment was necessary.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000503:physiopathology*; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D007677:Kidney Function Tests; D008875:Middle Aged; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D012737:Sex Factors; D014515:Ureteral Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000175:diagnosis; D014570:Urologic Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology