Left flank quadrant abdominal pain resident survival guide
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Rim Halaby, M.D. [2], Amr Marawan, M.D. [3]
Left flank quadrant abdominal pain
Causes
- Kidney stones
- Left renal vein entrapment
- Left sided lumbago
- Pyelonephritis
- Splenomegaly (e.g. viral hepatitis, cirrhosis, hepatic schistosomiasis, rheumatoid arthritis, leukemia, lymphoma, myeloproliferative disease and sarcoidosis)
- Urolithiasis
- Tumours (e.g. renal cell carcinoma)