Urinary Stones (Urolithiasis): Or something else? Differential Diagnosis

Respiratory System (J00-J99).

  • Pneumonia (pneumonia)

Cardiovascular system (I00-I99)

  • Aortic aneurysm (formation of a wall bulge in the aorta that can rupture (burst)) or. abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) – symptomatology: abdominal pain ranging from mild tightness to excruciating pain; it should be considered in patients >50 years of age who complain of abdominal pain or back pain, with concomitant “pulsatile abdominal tumor”; incidence (frequency of new onset) for asymptomatic abdominal aortic aneurysm ranges from 3.0 to 117 per 100,000 person-years
  • Myocardial infarction(heart attack)

Liver, gallbladder, and bile ducts-pancreas (pancreas) (K70-K77; K80-K87).

  • Cholelithiasis (gallstones).
  • Cholecystitis gallbladder inflammation)
  • Pancreatitis (inflammation of the pancreas)

Mouth, esophagus (esophagus), stomach, and intestines (K00-K67; K90-K93).

  • Appendicitis (appendicitis).
  • Colitis (inflammation of the colon)
  • Diverticulitis – inflammation of mucosal outpouchings in the intestine.

Pregnancy, childbirth and puerperium (O00-O99)

  • Extrauterine pregnancy – pregnancy outside the uterus; extrauterine pregnancy is present in approximately 1% to 2% of all pregnancies: Tubalgravidity (ectopic pregnancy), Ovariangravidity (pregnancy in the ovary), Peritonealgravidity or Abdominalgravidity (pregnancy in the abdominal cavity), Cervicalgravidity (pregnancy in the cervix).

Genitourinary system (kidneys, urinary tract – sex organs) (N00-N99).