PATIENTS AND METHODS
The Institutional Ethical Board approved this study of Siirt University
(Approval Number 2020/08.01). In our routine practice, patients with a
history of urolithiasis in the family or themselves and who have the
findings to support the stone in laboratory examinations, generally,
non-contrast Abdomen CT is performed. Data of patients with flank pain
are routinely recorded in the Microsoft Excel® program
in our hospital’s urology clinic. The severity of the pain felt by
patients presenting with flank pain is scored and recorded from one to
ten using the visual analog scale (VAS) pain scoring system (Figure 1).
A total of 276 patients admitted to the Siirt Training and Research
Hospital Urology outpatient clinic between March 15, 2020, and August
09, 2020, with a complaint of flank pain and underwent non-contrast
abdomen CT were analyzed from this data retrospectively, accompanied by
a radiologist with 5 years of post-fellowship experience. Abdomen CT
images of the patients were analyzed using the
Siso-Pacs© image archiving and communication system.
Abdomen CT images were reexamined in the lung parenchyma window and
patients ground-glass density compatible with Covid-19 findings in the
lung bases entering the section were included in the study. In addition,
A total of 10 patients with Covid-19 compatible findings in CT were
determined as the study group. A control group was formed from 10
patients with only urological pathologies (kidney stones, ureteral
stones, hydronephrosis … etc) without Covid-19 compatible appearance
on CT. The two groups were compared statistically according to the
selected parameters.
Patients with respiratory symptoms at admission, and only those with
ultrasound (US) imaging were excluded. Also, the negative results of the
polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test were excluded from the study.