Dietl's crisis
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Dietl's crisis
Recurrent attacks of severe pain in the loin, with nausea and vomiting, caused by partial twisting of the kidney on its vessels and kinking or obstruction of the URETER. (Jozef Dietl, 1804–78, Polish physician).Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005