title: Identification of unanticipated pelvic pathology on renal bedside ultrasound.
abstract: Bedside emergency ultrasound can be a useful initial test in children who present with abdominal pain. Our case describes a teenager who presented to the emergency department with back pain and right lower quadrant pain, suspicious for nephrolithiasis. The use of bedside ultrasound enabled timely diagnosis and management of an unanticipated condition.
authors.affiliation: Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15224, USA. Elizabeth.thorpe@chp.edu
authors.forename: Elizabeth L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Thorpe
authors.forename: Jennifer R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Marin
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D000293:Adolescent; D001416:Back Pain / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D053040:Nephrolithiasis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010048:Ovarian Cysts / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D019095:Point-of-Care Systems; D014463:Ultrasonography