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In [[medicine]], '''nephrolithiasis''', or '''kidney stones''', is a form of [[urolithiasis]] in which there is "formation of [[Calculus (medicine)|stones]] in the [[kidney]]."<ref>{{MeSH}}</ref>


In [[medicine]], '''nephrolithiasis''', or '''kidney stones''', is a form of [[urolithiasis]] in which there is "formation of [[Calculus (medicine)|stones]] in the [[kidney]]."<ref>{{MeSH}}</ref>
==Diagnosis==
[[Pyruria]] may be present, even if no [[urinary tract infection]] is associated.<ref name="pmid23850311">{{cite journal| author=Abrahamian FM, Krishnadasan A, Mower WR, Moran GJ, Talan DA| title=Association of pyuria and clinical characteristics with the presence of urinary tract infection among patients with acute nephrolithiasis. | journal=Ann Emerg Med | year= 2013 | volume= 62 | issue= 5 | pages= 526-33 | pmid=23850311 | doi=10.1016/j.annemergmed.2013.06.006 | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=23850311 }} </ref>


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In medicine, nephrolithiasis, or kidney stones, is a form of urolithiasis in which there is "formation of stones in the kidney."[1]

Diagnosis

Pyruria may be present, even if no urinary tract infection is associated.[2]

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