A man in his mid-40s presents to the emergency department (ED) for evaluation of palpitations and a 2-day history of left flank pain associated with urinary frequency. The patient has no known medical ...

Medically reviewed by Soma Mandal, MD Diverticulitis, gas, and IBS are common causes of lower left abdominal pain.Kidney ...

Painful side? What does it mean and what are the possible causes of painful side? Find out in this article what are the possible causes of pain in the left side and right side Pain in the left side of ...

Dr. Margot E. Manning (Medicine): A 32-year-old woman was admitted to this hospital because of flank pain, fever, and hypoxemia. Two weeks before the current presentation, sharp, intermittent pain in ...

Nutcracker syndrome is a rare condition that happens when the vein that drains your left kidney gets squeezed between big blood vessels in your belly. It can be very painful, but it's usually not ...

A woman who has spent years “in constant agony” due to a rare condition called nutcracker syndrome is trying to raise money for life-changing surgery. Katie Shalka, 28, has had flank pain for nearly a ...

In order to accurately assess and diagnose this patient’s condition, the clinician must consider key aspects of the history, physical examination, laboratory results, and imaging. Although the ...