Among emergency department (ED) patients with suspected renal colic who underwent renal point-of-care ultrasound (rPOCUS), hydronephrosis predicted kidney stones and early urologic intervention and ...

I am a 29 years old female, into my 32nd week of pregnancy. My ultrasound report states that both fetal kidneys are normal in size and echotexture but both kidneys show moderate hydronephrosis with ...

Kidney stones often form silently and may cause severe pain only when moving. A first stone increases the likelihood of ...

Antenatal hydronephrosis, defined as dilation of the fetal renal collecting system detected by routine obstetric ultrasound, affects around 1–4 % of pregnancies and presents a spectrum from transient ...

Kidney stones can cause sudden and intense pain, often sending people straight to the emergency room. Once symptoms begin, the next important step is confirming the diagnosis through imaging tests.

Ureteral stents are widely used to relieve obstruction and protect kidney function, but they can also become blocked, triggering hydronephrosis and prolonged elevation of intrarenal pressure that may ...

A healthy G1P1 28-year-old woman delivers a healthy baby girl. A routine third trimester fetal ultrasound exam revealed that the infant had moderate-severe antenatal hydronephrosis, and urology is ...

A 76-year-old woman presented to the emergency department after seeing blood in her urine. She explained that this had been going on since the previous day, when she also began to experience episodes ...