hi , i am naushad... i had ultra sound test today because of suspecting stones in kidney but there is no stones kidney , lever , bladder. then again doctor said cum after 2 weeks for kidney observation because i have urine store in left side . they want to check my ureter. i am having pain in left side back . few months ago i had a kidney scan and urine test everything normal. pls advise me why
Hi, You might be having a stone in left ureter (the tube connecting kidney to bladder).  This might have been the cause for your left sided back pain. Usually a stone in ureter is a little difficult to visualize in ultrasound, especially if it is in the middle part of ureter (since intestines block the view). However, there may be some swelling in the kidney (HY Chat Doctor.  This can be picked up easily in ultrasound. The other tests for stone are urinalysis (to look for blood in urine), X-ray PUB (Kidney, Ureter and Bladder region) and if in doubt, a CT scan. Ureteric stones less than 10 mm size are treated with medical exclusive therapy, which include some 