Radiology of renal stone disease

Colin J McCarthy; Vinit Baliyan; Hamed Kordbacheh; Zafar Sajjad; Dushyant Sahani; Avinash Kambadakone

doi:10.1016/j.ijsu.2016.10.045

Radiology of renal stone disease

Int J Surg. 2016 Dec;36(Pt D):638-646. doi: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2016.10.045. Epub 2016 Nov 2.

Authors

Colin J McCarthy¹, Vinit Baliyan², Hamed Kordbacheh³, Zafar Sajjad⁴, Dushyant Sahani⁵, Avinash Kambadakone⁶

Affiliations

¹ Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit Street, White 270, Boston, MA 02114, USA. Electronic address: colin.mccarthy@mgh.harvard.edu.
² Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit Street, White 270, Boston, MA 02114, USA. Electronic address: vbaliyan@mgh.harvard.edu.
³ Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit Street, White 270, Boston, MA 02114, USA. Electronic address: hkordbacheh@mgh.harvard.edu.
⁴ Department of Radiology, Aga Khan University Hospital, Stadium Road, Karachi 74800, Pakistan. Electronic address: zafar.sajjad@aku.edu.
⁵ Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit Street, White 270, Boston, MA 02114, USA. Electronic address: DSAHANI@mgh.harvard.edu.
⁶ Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit Street, White 270, Boston, MA 02114, USA. Electronic address: AKAMBADAKONE@mgh.harvard.edu.

PMID: 27816704
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2016.10.045

Abstract

Nephrolithiasis is a common cause of abdominal pain and will affect approximately 1 in 10 people in their lifetime. In the past two decades, there have been several technological advances that have changed the imaging approach to stone diagnosis and follow-up. We present a review of the current imaging evaluation for renal stone disease, and outline how new technology has helped with diagnosis and management.

Keywords: Computed Tomography; Low dose; Nephrolithiasis; Radiology; Ultrasound.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Abdominal Pain / diagnostic imaging
Abdominal Pain / etiology
Female
Humans
Kidney / diagnostic imaging
Kidney Calculi / complications
Kidney Calculi / diagnostic imaging*
Male
Multidetector Computed Tomography / methods
Pregnancy
Radiation Dosage
Radiography, Dual-Energy Scanned Projection / methods
Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods*
Ultrasonography / methods
Urography / methods