You see a female patient in the emergency room with severe, intermittent "loin" (lumbar region) pain who is also having great difficulty urinating. Your most likely first diagnosis is:

A) kidney disease.
B) ureteric ischemia.
C) ruptured renal artery.
D) ectopic pregnancy.
E) ureteric calculus.


Ans: E

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