Difference between revisions of "Dietl's crisis"
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==General== | ==General== | ||
*Clinicoradiologic diagnosis. | *Clinicoradiologic diagnosis. | ||
*Treatment - pyeloplasty.<ref name=pmid9399772/> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 20:13, 28 November 2013
Dietl's crisis is episodic abdominal pain associated with hydronephrosis due to extrinsic pressure from an abberant artery[1] or renal displacement (nephroptosis).[2]
General
- Clinicoradiologic diagnosis.
- Treatment - pyeloplasty.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Mergener, K.; Weinerth, JL.; Baillie, J. (Dec 1997). "Dietl's crisis: a syndrome of episodic abdominal pain of urologic origin that may present to a gastroenterologist.". Am J Gastroenterol 92 (12): 2289-91. PMID 9399772.
- ↑ Hightower, JM. (May 1995). "Dietl's crisis revisited--the enigma of nephroptosis.". West J Med 162 (5): 471. PMID 7785270.