OBJECTIVE: We aimed to evaluate the demographic, laboratory and radiological results of patients who applied emergency department due renal colic (RC) during Ramadan.MATERIAL AND METHODS: This retrospective cross-sectional study included (ED) with a diagnosis RC 2019 Ramadan 1 month preceding Ramadan. Age, sex, hour application, urinalysis (erythrocyturia, leukocyturia, ketonuria, urine density...

Hydatid disease is a common occurrence in the Indian subcontinent, however involvement of kidneys constitutes only about 2-4% of cases.[1] Isolated renal involvement without involvement of liver or lung is even more rare. Associated hydatiduria is seen in only 10-20% of all cases of renal hydatidosis and involvement of ureter is rarely reported.[2] Though, due to slow evolvement and asymptomati...

INTRODUCTION The aim of this study was to investigate the value of renal resistive index (RI) for the assessment of renal colic and to determine whether it is predictive of renal stone disease. METHODS A total of 70 participants were included in the research study. Group 1 comprised 43 patients with acute unilateral ureteral obstruction due to a stone disease (G1), while Group 2 consisted of ...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the therapeutic effect of papaverine hydrochloride in the treatment of patients with renal colic pain unresponsive to conventional treatment. METHODS From March 2007 to January 2008, a total of 561 patients with severe renal colic pain due to a ureteral stone were treated with conventional agents (hyoscine-N-butylbromide and diclofenac sodium) in the emergency and urolo...

Cholesteatoma of the urinary tract is a rare condition which can be diagnosed radiographically. The radiographic findings of stringy intraluminal defects or nodules that may lightly calcify or coalesce to form a discrete mass in association with calculi and/or obstruction are characteristic. A history of chronic urinary tract infection, renal colic, and desquamated epithelial cells in the urine...