If You Twinkle When You Tinkle, Stones Are Found on Ultrasound

Pediatr Emerg Care. 2016 Apr;32(4):246-9. doi: 10.1097/PEC.0000000000000542.

Abstract

Urolithiasis in children is an underrecognized cause of pediatric abdominal pain. Our case describes a child who presented to the emergency department with right lower quadrant pain, in whom a point-of-care ultrasound detected an ureterovesicular stone, which obviated the need for any further radiographic studies. We review the current literature on pediatric urolithiasis with a focus on sonographic diagnosis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Abdominal Pain / diagnosis
  • Child
  • Emergency Service, Hospital
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Point-of-Care Systems
  • Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color / methods*
  • Urolithiasis / diagnostic imaging*