causes left side flank pain
Other Causes of Left Flank Pain. Other causes of left flank pain include chest disease, shingles and pancreatitis. Diseases of the chest, such as heart disease or a pulmonary embolism, can cause pain that radiates down to the left flank. Shingles can also cause left flank pain that is accompanied by a blistering rash.
Left flank pain can be caused by any of a number of disorders of the left kidney. The potential causes include renal inflammation or infection, a renal cyst, a renal infarction, trauma to the kidney, a kidney stone and a urinary tract infection that has migrated to the kidney.