A tale as old as time (or as old as the Internet): You feel any sort of pain in your body and head straight to the internet hoping for a definitive diagnosis and don’t get one. Then you spend the next ...

Left-side pain above your hip, back, and abdomen can have many different causes. In most cases, it can be treated easily with rest or an over-the-counter medication. Left-side pain above the hip, back ...

You typically feel kidney pain in the flank area, between the ribs and hips, and it can be sharp or a dull ache. Back pain can occur anywhere on the back, but is most commonly located in the lower ...

Pain is always disconcerting regardless of where it occurs, but it can be especially worrisome if it emanates from the left side of the body, where vital organs like the heart are located. The good ...

A 62-year-old man presents to the emergency department with left flank pain that has been present for 1 week. The patient has had no fever, vomiting, hematuria, or abdominal pain but states he seems ...

Singh I and Mehrotra G (2006) Selective ablation of symptomatic dominant renal cysts using 99% ethanol in adult polycystic kidney disease. Urology 68: 482–487 Adults with autosomal-dominant polycystic ...

An 87-year-old woman was admitted to hospital with fever, dyspnea, and right flank pain. She had suffered a major stroke 1 year prior, with residual hemiparesis and dysphagia. A percutaneous ...

A 69-year-old man with a past medical history of hyperlipidemia presented to the emergency department with severe right flank pain lasting 1-2 days. His vital signs were within normal limits; white ...

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 ...