Staghorn Calculus: A Stone out of Proportion to Pain
Autor: | Jonathan Weyand, John Malone, Riley Gebner |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2021 |
Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Staghorn calculus Urinary urgency business.industry RC86-88.9 Clinical course infection stone Medical emergencies. Critical care. Intensive care. First aid Images in Emergency Medicine struvite Emergency department Case presentation Emergency Nursing urologic and male genital diseases female genital diseases and pregnancy complications Surgery Right renal pelvis Female patient Emergency Medicine medicine Stone removal Staghorn medicine.symptom business nephrolithiasis |
Zdroj: | Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine, Vol 5, Iss 3 (2021) Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine |
Popis: | Author(s): Malone, John; Gebner, Riley; Weyand, Jonathan | Abstract: Case Presentation: A 25-year-old woman presented to the emergency department with two weeks of crampy right-flank pain, and urinary urgency and frequency. She was found to have a staghorn calculus filling her entire right renal pelvis on computed tomography imaging.Discussion: In contrast to ureteral calculi, staghorn calculi are more commonly observed in female patients and typically present with an indolent clinical course. A low threshold for imaging should be maintained, as prompt referral to urology for stone removal or treatment is necessary. Staghorn calculi have a high likelihood of leading to renal failure or urosepsis without treatment. |
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