Pyelonephritis differential diagnosis

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Cystitis must be differentiated from other causes of dysuria such as acute pyelonephritis, urethritis, prostatitis, vulvovaginitis, urethral strictures or diverticula, benign prostatic hyperplasia and neoplasms such as renal cell carcinoma and from causes of abdominal pain such as ectopic pregnancy, Renal stone, peritoneal or iliopsoas abscess and rib fracture.