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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief:

Overview

[Disease name] must be differentiated from other diseases that cause [clinical feature 1], [clinical feature 2], and [clinical feature 3], such as [differential dx1], [differential dx2], and [differential dx3].

OR

[Disease name] must be differentiated from [[differential dx1], [differential dx2], and [differential dx3].

Differentiating Nephrolithiasis from other Diseases

Nephrolithiasis should be differentiated from other conditions presenting with acute flank or upper abdominal pain, hematuriua, nausea and vomiting. The differentials include the following:

Category	Disease	History	Signs and Symptoms									Laboratory abnormalities
			Nausea/vomiting	Hematuria	Location of pain	Fever	Tachycardia	Hypotension	Anorexia	Constipation	Rebound tenderness	Urinalysis	BUN	Creatinine	Stone analysis	Urine Beta- hCG	Liver Function tests	Serum Amylase/Lipase	Abdominal CT scan
Renal Pathology	Nephrolithiasis
	Pyelonephritis
	Renal infarct
	Renal papillary necrosis
	Renal cell carcinoma
	Uretral stricture
Gynecological Pathology	Pelvic inflammatory disease
	Ovarian torsion
	Ectopic pregnancy
Prostate Pathology	Prostatitis
	Prostatic cancer
Testicular Pathology	Testicular torsion
	Orchitis
Abdominal Pathology	Cholecystitis
	Appendicitis
	Diverticulitis
	Abdominal aortic aneurysm