Identification of unanticipated pelvic pathology on renal bedside ultrasound

Pediatr Emerg Care. 2013 Apr;29(4):537-40. doi: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e31828a7a37.

Abstract

Bedside emergency ultrasound can be a useful initial test in children who present with abdominal pain. Our case describes a teenager who presented to the emergency department with back pain and right lower quadrant pain, suspicious for nephrolithiasis. The use of bedside ultrasound enabled timely diagnosis and management of an unanticipated condition.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Abdominal Pain / diagnosis*
  • Abdominal Pain / diagnostic imaging
  • Adolescent
  • Back Pain / diagnosis*
  • Back Pain / diagnostic imaging
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Emergency Service, Hospital
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Kidney / diagnostic imaging*
  • Nephrolithiasis / diagnosis*
  • Nephrolithiasis / diagnostic imaging
  • Ovarian Cysts / diagnosis*
  • Ovarian Cysts / diagnostic imaging
  • Point-of-Care Systems*
  • Ultrasonography