Urology

at a Glance

Hashim Hashim, Prokar Dasgupta

Multiple Choice: Chapter 5 The patient with abdominal pain

Question 1. What causes the pain associated with a stone in the ureter?

A Urinary extravasation from a ruptured calyceal fornix
B Excessive ureteric peristalsis in response to the obstructing stone
C Obstruction of urine flow with distension of the renal capsule
D Irritation of the ureteric mucosa by the stone
E Irritation of the intramural ureter