View source for Causes of left lower quadrant abdominal pain

__NOTOC__
{| class="infobox" style="float:right;"
|-
| [[File:Siren.gif|30px|link=Abdominal pain resident survival guide]]|| <br> || <br>
| [[Abdominal pain resident survival guide|'''Resident'''<br>'''Survival'''<br>'''Guide''']]
|}
{{Abdominal pain}}
{{CMG}}; {{M.P}}

==Overview==
Pain in the lower left side of the abdomen is often related to the digestive tract, urinary tract, or reproductive organs.  Severe pain can be a symptom of inflammation of the bowel or bowel obstruction and in women it can result from twisting of an ovary ([[ovarian torsion]]), rupture of an [[ovarian cyst]], [[ectopic pregnancy]], or [[pelvic inflammatory disease]].  Men may experience severe left lower quadrant pain from [[testicular torsion]] or injury.  Mild to moderate pain is usually due to indigestion, inflammation or from menstrual cramps in women.

==Causes of Left Lower Quadrant Abdominal pain==

===Life Threatening Causes===

*[[Abdominal aortic aneurysm rupture]]
*[[Blunt trauma|Abdominal compartment syndrome]]
*[[Cocaine|Cocaine overdose]]
*[[Diabetic ketoacidosis]]
*[[Eclampsia]]
*[[Ectopic pregnancy]]
*[[Hepatorenal syndrome]]
*[[Leiomyoma|Infarction or torsion of uterine leiomyoma]]
*[[Intussusception]]
*[[Strangulation|Strangulation of hernia]]
*[[Testicular torsion]]
*[[Pelvic inflammatory disease|Tuboovarian abscess]]
*[[Complications of pregnancy|Uterine torsion]]

===Common Causes===

* [[Aortic aneurysm]]
* [[Appendicitis]]
* [[Colitis]]
* [[Colon carcinoma]]
* [[Diverticulitis]]
* [[Dysmenorrhea]]
* [[Ectopic pregnancy]]
* [[Endometriosis]]
* [[Fecal impaction]]
* [[Gastroenteritis]]
* [[Inflammatory bowel disease]]
* [[Inguinal hernia]]
* [[Intestinal obstruction]]
* [[lymphadenopathy|Mesenteric lymphadenitis]]
* [[Mittelschmerz]]
* [[Nephrolithiasis]]
* [[Ovarian cyst]]
* [[Pelvic inflammatory disease]]
* [[Psoas abscess]]
* [[Pyelonephritis]]
* [[Renal pain]]
* [[Chlamydia infection|Seminal vesiculitis]]
* [[Volvulus]]

===Causes by Organ System===
{|style="width:80%; height:100px" border="1"
|style="height:100px"; style="width:25%" border="1" bgcolor="LightSteelBlue" | '''Cardiovascular'''
|style="height:100px"; style="width:75%" border="1" bgcolor="Beige" | [[Abdominal aortic aneurysm rupture]], [[ischemic colitis]], [[malignant hypertension]], [[acute mesenteric ischemia|mesenteric artery ischemia]], [[rheumatoid vasculitis]], [[systemic vasculitis]]
|-
|-bgcolor="LightSteelBlue"
| '''Chemical/Poisoning'''
|bgcolor="Beige"| [[Ethylene glycol poisoning]], [[food poisoning]], [[heavy metal poisoning]], [[methanol]], [[organophosphate poisoning]]
|-
|-bgcolor="LightSteelBlue"
| '''Dental'''
|bgcolor="Beige"| No underlying causes
|-
|-bgcolor="LightSteelBlue"
| '''Dermatologic'''
|bgcolor="Beige"| [[Scarlet fever]], [[shingles]]
|-
|-bgcolor="LightSteelBlue"
| '''Drug Side Effect'''
|bgcolor="Beige"| [[Statins]], [[steroid abuse]], [[thrombolytic therapy]], [[hypervitaminosis D|vitamin D toxicity]]
|-
|-bgcolor="LightSteelBlue"
| '''Ear Nose Throat'''
|bgcolor="Beige"| No underlying causes
|- 
|-bgcolor="LightSteelBlue"
| '''Endocrine'''
|bgcolor="Beige"| [[Carcinoid]], [[diabetic ketoacidosis]]
|- 
|-bgcolor="LightSteelBlue"
| '''Environmental'''
|bgcolor="Beige"| [[Organophosphate poisoning]]
|-
|-bgcolor="LightSteelBlue"
| '''Gastroenterologic'''
|bgcolor="Beige"| [[blunt trauma|Abdominal compartment syndrome]], [[diverticulitis|acute diverticulitis]], [[chronic constipation]], [[collagenous colitis]], [[colon cancer]], [[lymphoma|colonic lymphoma]], [[Crohn's disease]], [[diverticulitis|diverticular abscess]], [[eosinophilic gastroenteritis]], [[familial adenomatous polyposis]], [[fecal impaction]], [[gastroenteritis]], [[hepatorenal syndrome]], [[inguinal hernia]], [[internal hernia]], [[intestinal pseudo-obstruction]], [[intussusception]], [[irritable bowel syndrome]], [[ischemic colitis]], [[large bowel obstruction]], [[mesothelioma|malignant peritoneal mesothelioma]], [[Lymphadenopathy|mesentric lymphadenitis]], [[serous tumor|omental cyst]], [[pelvic abscess]], [[gastric ulcer|perforated gastric ulcer]], [[perianal abscess]], [[peritonitis]], [[porphyria]], [[proctalgia fugax]], [[Anorectal pain|rectal abscess]], [[injury|rectal injury]], [[Anorectal pain|rectal ulcer]], [[adhesions|small bowel adhesions]], [[small bowel obstruction]], [[Strangulation|strangulation of hernia]], [[ulcerative colitis]], [[hamartoma|visceral hamartoma]], [[hemangioma|visceral hemangioma]], [[volvulus]], [[Wandering spleen|wandering spleen syndrome]]
|-
|-bgcolor="LightSteelBlue"
| '''Genetic'''
|bgcolor="Beige"| [[bowel obstruction|Colon atresia]], [[familial adenomatous polyposis]], [[porphyria]], [[Von Hippel-Lindau disease]]
|-
|-bgcolor="LightSteelBlue"
| '''Hematologic'''
|bgcolor="Beige"| [[Lymphoma]], [[porphyria]]
|-
|-bgcolor="LightSteelBlue"
| '''Iatrogenic'''
|bgcolor="Beige"| [[surgery|Colonic surgery]], [[colonoscopy]], [[hysterectomy|hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy]], [[surgery|intra abdominal adhesions]], [[biopsy|percutaneous abdominal biopsy]], [[peritoneal dialysis]], [[radiation therapy]], [[referred pain]]
|-
|-bgcolor="LightSteelBlue"
| '''Infectious Disease'''
|bgcolor="Beige"| [[Bacteroides]], [[chlamydia]], [[cystitis]], [[gardnerella vaginalis]], [[gastroenteritis]], [[gonorrhea]],  [[HIV]], [[miliary tuberculosis]], [[mumps]], [[pelvic inflammatory disease]], [[peritonitis]], [[psoas abscess]], [[Chlamydia infection|seminal vesiculitis]], [[salpingitis]], [[septic arthritis]], [[shingles]], [[transient synovitis]], [[Pelvic inflammatory disease|tuboovarian abscess]]
|-
|-bgcolor="LightSteelBlue"
| '''Musculoskeletal/Orthopedic'''
|bgcolor="Beige"| [[Hip dislocation]], [[polymyositis]], [[psoas abscess]], [[septic arthritis]], [[transient synovitis]]
|-
|-bgcolor="LightSteelBlue"
| '''Neurologic'''
|bgcolor="Beige"| 
|-
|-bgcolor="LightSteelBlue"
| '''Nutritional/Metabolic'''
|bgcolor="Beige"| 
|-
|-bgcolor="LightSteelBlue"
| '''Obstetric/Gynecologic'''

|bgcolor="Beige"| [[Abortion]], [[bacterial vaginosis]], [[bacteroides]], [[broad ligament|broad ligament neoplasms]], [[child birth]], [[chlamydia]], [[corpus luteum|corpus luteum of pregnancy]], [[cystitis]], [[dysmenorrhoea]], [[eclampsia]], [[ectopic pregnancy]], [[endometriosis]], [[endometritis]], [[carcinoma|fallopian tubal carcinoma]], [[gardnerella vaginalis]], [[gestational trophoblastic disease]], [[gonorrhea]], [[Müllerian duct|hydatid cyst of morgagni]], [[Leiomyoma|infarction or torsion of uterine leiomyoma]], [[Intra-uterine device|intra-uterine device]], [[luteoma]], [[mittelschmerz]], [[ovarian cancer]], [[ovarian cyst]], [[ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome]], [[metastasis|ovarian metastasis]], [[ovarian torsion]], [[Müllerian duct|paramesonephric cysts]], [[pelvic inflammatory disease]], [[polycystic ovary syndrome]], [[Reiter’s syndrome]], [[salpingitis]], [[ovarian cyst|theca lutein cysts]], [[uterine fibroids]], [[Complications of pregnancy|uterine torsion]]
|-
|-bgcolor="LightSteelBlue"
| '''Oncologic'''
|bgcolor="Beige"| [[Colon cancer]], [[lymphoma|colonic lymphoma]], [[familial adenomatous polyposis]], [[metastasis|ovarian metastasis]], [[ovarian cancer]], [[tumor lysis syndrome]], [[uterine fibroids]], [[hamartoma|visceral hamartoma]], [[hemangioma|visceral hemangioma]], [[Von Hippel-Lindau disease]]
|-
|-bgcolor="LightSteelBlue"
| '''Ophthalmologic'''
|bgcolor="Beige"| No underlying causes
|-
|-bgcolor="LightSteelBlue"
| '''Overdose/Toxicity'''
|bgcolor="Beige"| [[cocaine|Cocaine overdose]], [[steroid abuse]]
|-
|-bgcolor="LightSteelBlue"
| '''Psychiatric'''
|bgcolor="Beige"| [[Intestinal pseudo-obstruction]], [[irritable bowel syndrome]]
|-
|-bgcolor="LightSteelBlue"
| '''Pulmonary'''
|bgcolor="Beige"| 
|-
|-bgcolor="LightSteelBlue"
| '''Renal/Electrolyte'''
|bgcolor="Beige"|[[Kidney stone|Ureteral colic]], [[obstructive uropathy|urinary outflow obstruction]], [[Von Hippel-Lindau disease]]
|-
|-bgcolor="LightSteelBlue"
| '''Rheumatology/Immunology/Allergy'''
|bgcolor="Beige"| [[eosinophilic gastroenteritis|Allergic gastroenteropathy]], [[Crohn's disease]], [[food intolerance]], [[Henoch-Schönlein purpura]], [[rheumatoid vasculitis]], [[scarlet fever]], [[systemic lupus erythematosus]], [[systemic vasculitis]], [[ulcerative colitis]]
|-
|-bgcolor="LightSteelBlue"
| '''Sexual'''
|bgcolor="Beige"| [[Chlamydia infection|Seminal vesiculitis]], [[testicular torsion]], [[Appendix of the epididymis|torsion of epididymis]]
|-
|-bgcolor="LightSteelBlue"
| '''Trauma'''
|bgcolor="Beige"| [[Electrical burns]], [[fracture|pelvic bone fractures]]
|-
|-bgcolor="LightSteelBlue"
| '''Urologic'''
|bgcolor="Beige"| [[Bladder distension]]
|-
|-bgcolor="LightSteelBlue"
| '''Miscellaneous'''
|bgcolor="Beige"| [[Chronic constipation]], [[Bowel obstruction|foreign body ingestion]], [[idiopathic]], [[Lymphadenopathy|inguinal lymphadenopathy]], [[splenosis]]
|-
|}
<font color="white">Causes by Organ System developed by WikiDoc.org, Copyleft 2013</font>

===Causes in Alphabetical Order===
{{col-begin|width=80%}}
{{col-break|width=33%}}
*[[Abdominal aortic aneurysm rupture]]
*[[Blunt trauma|Abdominal compartment syndrome]]
*[[Abortion]]
*[[appendicitis|Acute appendicitis]]
*[[diverticulitis|Acute diverticulitis]]
*[[eosinophilic gastroenteritis|Allergic gastroenteropathy]]
*[[Bacteroides]]
*[[Bladder distension]]
*[[broad ligament|Broad ligament neoplasms]]
*[[Carcinoid]]
*[[Child birth]]
*[[Chlamydia]]
*[[Chronic constipation]]
*[[Cocaine|Cocaine overdose]]
*[[Collagenous colitis]]
*[[intestinal obstruction|Colon atresia]]
*[[Colon cancer]]
*[[lymphoma|Colonic lymphoma]]
*[[surgery|Colonic surgery]]
*[[Colonoscopy]]
*[[Corpus luteum|corpus luteum of pregnancy]]
*[[Crohn's disease]]
*[[Cystitis]]
*[[Diabetic ketoacidosis]]
*[[diverticulitis|Diverticular abscess]]
*[[Dysmenorrhoea]]
*[[Eclampsia]]
*[[Ectopic pregnancy]]
*[[Electrical burns]]
*[[Endometriosis]]
*[[Endometritis]]
*[[Eosinophilic gastroenteritis]]
*[[carcinoma|Fallopian tubal carcinoma]],
*[[Familial adenomatous polyposis]]
*[[Fecal impaction]]
*[[Gardnerella vaginalis]]
*[[Gastroenteritis]]
*[[Gestational trophoblastic disease]]
*[[Gonorrhea]]
*[[Heavy metals]]
*[[Henoch-Schönlein purpura]]
*[[Hepatorenal syndrome]]
*[[Chlamydia infection|Seminal vesiculitis]]

{{col-break|width=33%}}
*[[Hip dislocation]]
*[[Müllerian duct|Hydatid cyst of Morgagni]]
*[[hysterectomy|Hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy]]
*[[Idiopathic]]
*[[Leiomyoma|Infarction or torsion of uterine leiomyoma]]
*[[Inguinal hernia]]
*[[Lymphadenopathy|Inguinal lymphadenopathy]]
*[[Internal hernia]]
*[[Intestinal pseudo-obstruction]]
*[[adhesions|Intra abdominal adhesions]]
*[[Intra-uterine device|Intra-uterine device]]
*[[Intussusception]]
*[[Irritable bowel syndrome]]
*[[Ischemic colitis]]
*[[Luteoma]]
*[[Lymphoma]]
*[[mesothelioma|Malignant peritoneal mesothelioma]]
*[[acute mesenteric ischemia|Mesenteric artery ischemia]]
*[[Lymphadenopathy|Mesentric lymphadenitis]]
*[[Miliary tuberculosis]]
*[[Milk-alkali syndrome]]
*[[Mittelschmerz]]
*[[Mumps]]
*[[Mycobacterium avium complex]]
*[[serous tumor|Omental cyst]]
*[[Organophosphate poisoning]]
*[[Ovarian cancer]]
*[[Ovarian cyst]]
*[[Ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome]]
*[[metastasis|Ovarian metastasis]]
*[[Ovarian torsion]]
*[[Müllerian duct|Paramesonephric cysts]]
*[[Pelvic abscess]]
*[[Pelvic inflammatory disease]]
*[[biopsy|Percutaneous abdominal biopsy]]
*[[gastric ulcer|Perforated gastric ulcer]]
*[[Perianal abscess]]
*[[Peritoneal dialysis]]
*[[Peritonitis]]
*[[Polycystic ovary syndrome]]
*[[Porphyria]]
*[[Post streptococcal  glomerulonephritis]]
*[[ERCP|Post-ERCP perforation]]

{{col-break|width=33%}}
*[[Proctalgia fugax]]
*[[Psoas abscess]]
*[[Radiation therapy]]
*[[Anorectal pain|Rectal abscess]]
*[[injury|Rectal injury]]
*[[Anorectal pain|Rectal ulcer]]
*[[Referred pain]]
*[[Reiter’s syndrome]]
*[[Rheumatoid vasculitis]]
*[[Rib fractures]]
*[[Salpingitis]]
*[[Salpingitis]]
*[[Scarlet fever]]
*[[Chlamydia infection|Seminal vesiculitis]]
*[[Septic arthritis]]
*[[Shingles]]
*[[adhesions|Small bowel adhesions]]
*[[Small bowel obstruction]]
*[[Splenosis]]
*[[Statins]]
*[[Steroid abuse]]
*[[Strangulation|Strangulation of hernia]]
*[[Systemic vasculitis]]
*[[Testicular torsion]]
*[[ovarian cyst|Theca lutein cysts]]
*[[Thrombolytic therapy]]
*[[Appendix of the epididymis|Torsion of epididymis]]
*[[Transient synovitis]]
*[[Pelvic inflammatory disease|Tuboovarian abscess]]
*[[Tumor lysis syndrome]]
*[[Ulcerative colitis]]
*[[obstructive uropathy|Urinary outflow obstruction]]
*[[Uterine fibroids]]
*[[Complications of pregnancy|Uterine torsion]]
*[[dengue|Viral hemorrhagic fevers]]
*[[hamartoma|Visceral hamartoma]]
*[[hemangioma|Visceral hemangioma]]
*[[hypervitaminosis D|Vitamin D toxicity]]
*[[Volvulus]]
*[[Von Hippel-Lindau Disease]]
*[[Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia]]
*[[Wandering spleen|Wandering spleen syndrome]]
<font color="white">Causes of {{PAGENAME}} developed by WikiDoc.org, Copyleft 2013</font>
{{col-end}}

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

[[Category:Gynecology]]
[[Category:Gastroenterology]]
[[Category:Emergency medicine]]
[[Category:Signs and symptoms]]
[[Category:Primary care]]
[[Category:Surgery]]
[[Category:Needs causes]]
[[Category:Needs overview]]

{{WH}}
{{WS}}