Abstract
Article: A Preliminary Investigation on the “Swinging Kidney”: A Sonographic Sign Useful for Diagnosing Renal Colic
Authors: Silvia Castelletto, MD, Giulia Amore, MD, Caterina Anna Giudice, MD, Daniele Orso, MD, and Roberto Copetti, MD
Category: Abdomen [AB]
Credit: 0.75 SDMS CME Credit
Objectives: After studying the article entitled “A Preliminary Investigation on the “Swinging Kidney”: A Sonographic Sign Useful for Diagnosing Renal Colic,” you will be able to:
Describe the main cause of acute renal colic
Identify the main factor(s) for the sonographic diagnosis of acute renal colic
Describe the significance of the “swinging kidney” (SK) sign and its relation to stone size
The presence of kidney stones refers to which condition? Urolithiasis Urinoma Nephrolithiasis Aortic dissection
The main cause of acute renal colic is: Muscle pain Kidney stones Intestinal obstruction Renal artery infarction
The sonographic diagnosis of acute renal colic is mainly based on which factor? Direct renal/ureteral stone visualization Abdominal pain severity Enlarged kidney size Age of the patient
A sonographic diagnostic sign that appears as an undulating movement of the kidney and may assist in the assessment of renal colic is a: Elongated kidney Ruptured kidney Inverted kidney Swinging kidney
Which stone size diameter is correlated with the SK sign? Less than 10 cm Less than 10 mm Greater than 10 cm Greater than 10 mm