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MeSH Heading: Renal Colic
Tree Number(s): C23.888.592.612.972; C23.888.721; F02.830.816.444.850; G11.561.790.444.850
Unique ID: D056844
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D056844
Scope Note: A severe intermittent and spasmodic pain in the lower back radiating to the groin, scrotum, and labia which is most commonly caused by a kidney stone (RENAL CALCULUS) passing through the URETER or by other urinary track blockage. It is often associated with nausea, vomiting, fever, restlessness, dull pain, frequent urination, and HEMATURIA.
Entry Term(s): Acute Renal Colic; Ureteral Colic
Previous Indexing: Colic (1951-2009); Urinary Calculi (1961-2009)
Public MeSH Note: 2010
History Note: 2010
Date Established: 2010/01/01
Date of Entry: 2009/07/06
Revision Date: 2017/06/20

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Renal Colic MeSH Descriptor Data 2024