Objective: To determine the value of non contrast helical CT in the diagnosis of non calculus renal and extraurinary causes of acute flank pain. Design: A prospective descriptive study. Place and duration of study: Radiology Department, Aga Khan University Hospital Karachi from January 2005 to June 2005. Subjects and methods: 130 consecutive patients with acute flank pain underwent Noncontrast ...

BACKGROUND Early diagnosis of pheochromocytoma and its proper management can lessen its mortality and morbidity. This case report describes a 24-year-old pregnant woman with an unusual presentation of pheochromocytoma. CASE PRESENTATION An Iranian 24-year-old primigravid woman from Kordistan province was referred to our center with left flank pain at 37 weeks of gestation. She had a history o...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effects of terazosin and tolterodine on ureteral stent discomfort. MATERIALS AND METHODS Of 163 patients assessed for eligibility, 104 patients were randomly assigned to receive placebo, 2 mg of terazosin twice daily, 2 mg of tolterodine daily, or both terazosin plus tolterodine during the stenting period. Prior to stenting and at stent removal, the International Pro...

BACKGROUND Our objective was to identify the clinical, laboratory and radiological characteristics of febrile urinary tract infections (UTI) in men and to focus on the value of flank pain in these men managed in an ambulatory care system. METHODS A network was designed to manage men with febrile UTI without hospitalization according to an algorithm designed with different specialists. The pat...

Large-scale gravitational flank collapses of steep volcanic islands are hypothetically capable of triggering megatsunamis with highly catastrophic effects. Yet, evidence for the generation and impact of collapse-triggered megatsunamis and their high run-ups remains scarce or is highly controversial. Therefore, doubts remain on whether island flank failures truly generate enough volume flux to t...

During the past decade, unenhanced computed tomography (CT) has become the standard of reference in the detection of urinary calculi owing to its high sensitivity (>95%) and specificity (>98%) in this setting. Numerous diseases may manifest as acute flank pain and mimic urolithiasis. Up to one-third of unenhanced CT examinations performed because of flank pain may reveal unsuspected findings un...

a 55-year-old man presented with pain in the left flank for the last 8 months with history of significant weight loss. the pain was relieved on assuming a knee-chest position. on clinical examination the patient was afebrile with mild tenderness in the left hypochondrium. there was no icterus or lymphadenopathy. the spleen was palpable 6 cm below the costal margin and was firm and non-tender. t...

Abstract A new species of Satanoperca is described from the Rio Araguaia, Tocantins basin, Brazil, and non-native records are available in upper Paraná basin. It differs congeneric by color pattern characters, such as head flank marks. included jurupari group, characterized absence black rounded blotches on flank, low meristic values. description ontogeny melanophore marks S. group revealed two...