RT Book, Section
A1 Worcester, Elaine M.
A1 Coe, Fredric L.
A2 Lerma, Edgar V.
A2 Berns, Jeffrey S.
A2 Nissenson, Allen R.
SR Print(0)
ID 6338127
T1 Chapter 40. Nephrolithiasis
T2 CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment: Nephrology & Hypertension
YR 2009
FD 2009
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-144787-4
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=6338127
RD 2024/04/25
AB Definitive  diagnosis  is  via  passage  or  removal  of  stone  material;  material  passed  should  be  retrieved  and  analyzed  to  determine  composition.Diagnosis  is  also  made  by  radiologic  visualization  of  stones;  composition  may  be  inferred  from  Hounsfield  units,  but  only  analysis  is  definitive.Typical  history  of  renal  colic  is  suggestive  but  not  diagnostic  in  the  absence  of  one  of  the  above.Underlying  causes  of  stone  formation  can  usually  be  determined  by  an  organized  evaluation  of  urine  and  serum  chemistries.