"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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| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 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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Philippou P, Payne D, Keeley F. "Let's get it straight": the story of the spiral ureter. Can J Urol. 2012 Feb; 19(1):6118-20.
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Nachmann MM, Harkaway RC, Summerton SL, Horrow MM, Kirby CL, Fields RG, Ginsberg PC. Helical CT scanning: the primary imaging modality for acute flank pain. Am J Emerg Med. 2000 Oct; 18(6):649-52.