Spot Tests archive for 2023

MRI scan in axial and coronal planes showing bilateral hydronephrosis in pregnancy.

Kidney stones in pregnancy

2 November 2023 | | URO - Endourology & Stones

Case 1 A 28-year-old female, 19 weeks pregnant, presents with severe left loin pain. There is no past medical history of note. Blood tests show a white cell count of 14.1x109/L and creatinine of 56umol/L. An ultrasound scan (USS) reports...

CT image showing 8cm tumour in the left moiety of a horseshoe kidney.

Upper tract abnormalities

11 July 2023 | | URO - Paediatric Urology, URO - Functional / Reconstructive Urology

Case 1 Figure 1. A 26-year-old female presents to A&E with loin pain. What do the CT images in Figures 1 (left, centre and right) show? What is the prevalence of the congenital anomaly in the general population, and is...

Video-urodynamic image taken when a patient was asked to cough.

Functional and reconstructive urology

4 May 2023 | | URO - Functional / Reconstructive Urology

Case 1 A 45-year-old female presents with a one-year history of urinary leakage, especially worse on coughing. She is otherwise well, with no co-morbidities. What is the International Continence Society (ICS) definition of stress urinary incontinence (SUI)? What are the...

Photo of woman in pain.

Female and functional

13 March 2023 | | URO - Core Urology

Case 1 A 65-year-old woman presents with an 18-month history of “recurrent urinary tract infections” (rUTI). She is otherwise fit and well with no underlying medical problems and no lower urinary tract symptoms. What is the definition of a UTI...