Dietl's crisis

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Dietl's crisis (d

lz)

A sudden attack of acute lumbar and abdominal pain accompanied by nausea and vomiting, caused by kinking of the ureter in persons with wandering kidney.

Dietl's crisis

[dē′təlz]

Etymology: Joseph Dietl, Polish physician, 1804-1878; Gk, krisis, turning point

a sudden excruciating pain in the kidney caused by distension of the renal pelvis, rapid ingestion of large amounts of liquid, or kinking of a ureter that produces temporary occlusion of the flow of urine from the kidney. The pain may be accompanied by nausea, vomiting, hematuria, and general collapse. See also hydronephrosis.

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