title: [Imaging of acute urinary obstruction: non-enhanced CT or KUB and US].
abstract: The use of non-enhanced CT as a primary imaging technique for acute lumbar pain is now widely accepted in many centers instead of the traditional association of KUB and ultrasound. This review will present the different features of the disease according to each technique, emphasising on respective performances, advantages and disadvantages. Finally, a strategy will be proposed based on clinical presentation.
authors.affiliation: Service de Radiologie B, Groupe Hospitalier Pellegrin, place Amélie Raba-Léon, 33076 Bordeaux cedex. nicolas.grenier@chu-bordeaux.fr
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Grenier
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Taourel
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007669:Kidney Calculi / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color; D014514:Ureteral Calculi / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014517:Ureteral Obstruction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014545:Urinary Calculi / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014567:Urography