"Flank Pain" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Pain emanating from below the RIBS and above the ILIUM.
| Descriptor ID |
D021501
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C23.888.592.612.386
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| Concept/Terms |
Flank Pain- Flank Pain
- Flank Pains
- Pain, Flank
- Pains, Flank
Right Flank Pain- Right Flank Pain
- Flank Pain, Right
- Flank Pains, Right
- Pain, Right Flank
- Pains, Right Flank
- Right Flank Pains
Left Flank Pain- Left Flank Pain
- Flank Pain, Left
- Flank Pains, Left
- Left Flank Pains
- Pain, Left Flank
- Pains, Left Flank
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Flank Pain" by people in Profiles.
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COVID-19 Presentation in Patients with Sickle Cell Disease: A Case Series. Am J Case Rep. 2021 May 04; 22:e931758.
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Could flank pain be an indicator of COVID-19 infection? Malawi Med J. 2020 12; 32(4):192-196.
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Flank Pain as a Symptom of COVID-19. Urology. 2021 02; 148:e13-e14.
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Late urinary bladder metastasis from breast cancer. Arch Ital Urol Androl. 2019 Mar 29; 91(1):60-62.
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Horseshoe kidney. Pan Afr Med J. 2018; 30:26.
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Laparoscopic Nephron-Sparing Calycectomy for Treating Fraley's Syndrome. Urol Int. 2018; 100(2):134-138.
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Derivation of decision rules to predict clinically important outcomes in acute flank pain patients. Am J Emerg Med. 2017 Apr; 35(4):554-563.
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Retroperitoneal fibrosis. Best Pract Res Clin Rheumatol. 2012 Aug; 26(4):439-48.