Recent studies indicate that nearly 30% of emergency room visits involve abdominal pain, with a significant portion ...

Lower left abdominal pain can have many causes, ranging from minor to serious, says Andrew Boxer, M.D., gastroenterologist of ...

Plain abdominal radiography as a routine procedure for acute abdominal pain of the right lower quadrant: prospective evaluation. World J Surg 1999; 23: 262–4. MEDLINE 10. Mackersie AB ...

Background. A 50-year-old man presented with a 2–3 month history of left lower quadrant abdominal pain, right periorbital headache, blurry vision, tinnitus, polydipsia, right elbow pain ...

An abdominal mass may occur in the right upper quadrant, left upper quadrant, right lower quadrant, or left lower quadrant. The stomach is also divided into two sections: the epigastric section ...

Appendicitis typically causes pain in the right lower quadrant of the abdomen, though there are some populations that may present differently, such as pregnant people. Appendicitis occurs when the ...

The patient with an acute abdomen (the subject of the article) should be studied not with abdominal plain films, but rather with an erect abdominal or left lateral decubitus view, and always with ...

Background: Recent literature supports the use of CT for all patients with right lower quadrant pain to improve diagnostic accuracy and reduce hospital cost. Our current practice at a large ...