Alternative diagnoses to stone disease on unenhanced CT to investigate acute flank pain.
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.
Koroglu
Mert
M
Department of Radiology, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, Texas, USA. mertkoroglu@hotmail.com
Wendel
John D
JD
Ernst
Randy D
RD
Oto
Aytekin
A
D000328:Adult; D001660:Biliary Tract Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001847:Bone Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004630:Emergencies; D005260:Female; D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005831:Genital Diseases, Female / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D010146:Pain; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014545:Urinary Calculi / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*