believing the stone had passed when her symptoms subsided. A CT scan revealed a grim picture: her right kidney was infected and had sustained near-complete destruction due to prolonged obstruction.

Though certain symptoms can suggest a kidney stone is about to pass, only medical methods can give you confirmation. Imaging techniques such as ultrasounds or CT scans can visualize the stone ...

Bhopal: Using 3D printers, surgeons at AIIMS Bhopal could soon print patient-specific kidney models based on CT scans, allowing them to visualise stone locations and plan the best surgical ...

A real-world study finds favorable stone-free rates after use of SURE with the CVAC® system to treat kidney stone burdens ... 66.6% on computed tomography (CT) only, Dr Klyde’s team reported.

After a couple of hours in the emergency department, and after finally getting my pain controlled enough to let me hold still ...

Parathyroid problems masquerade as common problems of many other organs, misleading many medical specialists. The parathyroid ...

A pulmonologist or allergist can assess you for potential asthma symptoms and take an X-ray or CT scan of your chest to ... of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. But after you’re ...

May 8, 2025 – If you’ve ever hesitated before getting a CT scan, you’re not alone. A recent study linked 5% of all new cancer cases to radiation exposure from CT scans – a finding that’s ...

We live in an age where medical technology can uncover what the naked eye can’t, and CT scans are a major part of that advancement. But with growing chatter around radiation exposure and ...

One elderly man had a scan which showed he had a perforated duodenum (a part of the bowel), so he went straight to theatre. And a young woman with shortness of breath had a CT scan of her lungs ...

Women's urinary tracts are shorter, while men have a longer urethra and testicles, where pain may radiate.Men may have a higher risk of kidney stone development than women, as estrogen in women ...