Renal vein thrombosis mimicking urinary calculus: A dilemma of diagnosis

BMC Urology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Wang, Yimin ^a   Chen, Shanwen ^a   Wang, Wei ^a   Liu, Jianyong ^b   Jin, Baiye ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Diagnosis; Renal calculus; Renal vein thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FEMALE; FLANK PAIN; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS PYELOGRAPHY; KIDNEY CALCIFICATION; KIDNEY VEIN THROMBOSIS; LOW BACK PAIN; MEDICAL HISTORY; PATIENT MONITORING; PERCUTANEOUS NEPHROLITHOTOMY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; REMISSION; TREATMENT FAILURE; URINALYSIS; UROLITHIASIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; KIDNEY VEIN; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PROCEDURES; URINARY CALCULI; VASCULAR CALCIFICATION; VENOUS THROMBOSIS; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; PHLEBOGRAPHY; RENAL VEINS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; URINARY CALCULI; VASCULAR CALCIFICATION; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 84933506347     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12894-015-0054-1     Document Type: Article

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