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Case #1 -
A 32 year old with severe right sided abdominal pain

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:
1.) What further history is needed?  Answer 
2.) What do you expect to find on physical examination?  Answer 
3.) What is the differential diagnosis?  Answer 
4.) What is the pathophysiology that produces the pain in ureterolithiasis?  Answer 
5.) What laboratory tests should be done?  Answer 
6.) What are the imaging options and advantages and disadvantages of each?  Answer 
7.) What are the different kinds of stones in the urinary tract based on composition?  Answer 
8.) What would determine the management of this patient?  Answer 
9.) What is the usual management in such a patient as this?  Answer 
10.) What would be the indications for some form of intervention in this patient?  Answer 
11.) What is the likelihood of recurrence of the problem?  Answer 
12.) What advice would you give the patient to decrease the risk of recurrence?  Answer 
 
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