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Don’t overlook flank pain in apparently asymptomatic COVID-19 cases

A case report and literature review

Shaden S. Al Mousa, Ammar Ashraf and Ahmed M. Abdelrahman
Saudi Medical Journal March 2022, 43 (3) 307-312; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2022.43.3.20210731
Shaden S. Al Mousa
From the Department of Radiology (Al Mousa); College of Medicine; King Faisal University, and from the Department of Medical Imaging (Ashraf, Abdelrahman); King Abdulaziz National Guard Hospital, Al-Ahsa, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Ammar Ashraf
From the Department of Radiology (Al Mousa); College of Medicine; King Faisal University, and from the Department of Medical Imaging (Ashraf, Abdelrahman); King Abdulaziz National Guard Hospital, Al-Ahsa, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Ahmed M. Abdelrahman
From the Department of Radiology (Al Mousa); College of Medicine; King Faisal University, and from the Department of Medical Imaging (Ashraf, Abdelrahman); King Abdulaziz National Guard Hospital, Al-Ahsa, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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