Submit Article
Back to Journal

SM Case Reports

A Pediatric Case Series of Distal Ureteral Stones Clearance after Tamsulosin Treatment

[ ISSN : 2473-0688 ]

Abstract
Details

Received: 17-Oct-2016

Accepted: 05-Jan-2016

Published: 11-Jan-2017

Case Report | Volume 3 - Issue 1 | Article DOI :

Download PDF

Paula Nunes1 *

1Department of Pediatrics, Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Ocidental, Nova Medical School, Portugal

Corresponding Author:

Paula Nunes, Department of Pediatrics, Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Ocidental, Nova Medical School, Portugal, Tel: 00351210431441; Fax: 00351210431458, Email: pasdenunes@ gmail.com

Keywords

Pediatric cases; Tamsulosin; Distal ureteral stones

Abstract

Medical tamsulosin therapy in children has shown encouraging results in facilitating spontaneous clearance of lower ureteral calculi.

In this paper we report 5 paediatric cases of tamsulosin use in clearance of distal ureteral stones. All patients showed typical symptoms of sudden onset of abdominal/ flank acute pain and were diagnosed by imaging findings.

We report this case series to emphasize the importance of tamsulosin as initial option to treat urolithiasis in children at the emergency room

 

Citation

Nunes P. A Pediatric Case Series of Distal Ureteral Stones Clearance after Tamsulosin Treatment. SM J Case Rep. 2017; 3(1): 1039.