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Characteristic Location of Abdominal Pain Associated with Various Diseases*

Characteristic Location of Abdominal Pain Associated with Various Diseases*: Excerpt from A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis

Diffuse


Gastroenteritis
Peritonitis
Pancreatitis
Leukemia
Sickle cell crisis
Early appendicitis (may be periumbilical)
Mesenteric adenitis
Mesenteric thrombosis
Abdominal aortic aneurysm
Intussusception
Colitis
Intestinal obstruction
Inflammatory bowel disease
Metabolic, toxic, bacterial causes

Epigastric


Reflux esophagitis
Peptic ulcer disease
Pancreatitis
Gastritis
Cholecystitis
Myocardial ischemia
Pericarditis
Abdominal wall hematoma

Right Upper Quadrant


Cholecystitis
Choledocholithiasis
Hepatitis
Hepatic metastases
Hepatic abscess
Hepatocellular carcinoma
Hepatomegaly resulting from congestive heart failure
Budd-Chiari syndrome (hepatic vein obstruction)
Peptic ulcer
Pancreatitis
Retrocecal appendicitis
Renal pain
Herpes zoster
Pulmonary infarction
Pleuritis

Left Upper Quadrant


Gastritis
Peptic ulcer disease
Pancreatitis
Splenomegaly or splenic rupture
Infarction, aneurysm
Renal pain
Herpes zoster
Myocardial ischemia
Pericarditis
Pneumonia
Empyema
Pulmonary infarction
Pleuritis

Right Lower Quadrant


Appendicitis
Intestinal obstruction
Crohn's disease
Diverticulitis
Cholecystitis
Perforated ulcer
Leaking aortic aneurysm
Abdominal wall hematoma
Ectopic pregnancy
Ovarian cyst or torsion
Salpingitis
Mittelschmerz
Endometriosis
Ureteral colic
Renal pain
Seminal vesiculitis
Psoas abscess

Left Lower Quadrant


Diverticulitis
Intestinal obstruction
Colon cancer
Appendicitis
Gastritis
Leaking aortic aneurysm
Inflammatory bowel disease
Abdominal wall hematoma
Splenomegaly
Ectopic pregnancy
Mittelschmerz
Ovarian cyst or torsion
Salpingitis
Endometriosis
Ureteral colic
Renal pain
Seminal vesiculitis
Psoas abscess
Irritable bowel syndrome

*Modified from Schwartz SI: Manifestations of Gastrointestinal Disease. In Schwartz SI, Shires GT, Spencer FC (eds): Principles of Surgery, 5/e. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1989, p. 1061. Copyright 1989 by McGraw-Hill.

Book Source Details

  • Book Title: A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis
  • Author(s): Stephen N. Adler, Dianne B. Gasbarra
  • Year of Publication: 1999
  • Copyright Details: A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis, Copyright © 1999 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

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Copyright notice for book excerpts: Copyright © 2008 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.




More About This Book:
Title: A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis
Authors: Stephen N. Adler, Dianne B. Gasbarra
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Copyright: 1999
ISBN: 0-78171-943-7

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