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'''Abdominal distension''' (or "distended abdomen") can be a sign of many conditions affecting many organ systems. <ref>Sailer, Christian, Wasner, Susanne. Differential Diagnosis Pocket. Hermosa Beach, CA: Borm Bruckmeir Publishing LLC, 2002:77 ISBN 1591032016</ref> <ref>Kahan, Scott, Smith, Ellen G. In A Page: Signs and Symptoms. Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishing, 2004:68 ISBN 140510368X</ref> | '''Abdominal distension''' (or "distended abdomen") can be a sign of many conditions affecting many organ systems. <ref>Sailer, Christian, Wasner, Susanne. Differential Diagnosis Pocket. Hermosa Beach, CA: Borm Bruckmeir Publishing LLC, 2002:77 ISBN 1591032016</ref> <ref>Kahan, Scott, Smith, Ellen G. In A Page: Signs and Symptoms. Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishing, 2004:68 ISBN 140510368X</ref> | ||
==Causes== | |||
==Common Causes== | ===Common Causes=== | ||
*Air swallowing (a nervous habit) | |||
==Causes by Organ System== | *[[Constipation]] | ||
*[[Gastroesophageal reflux]] | |||
*[[Irritable bowel syndrome]] | |||
*[[Lactose intolerance]] and other food intolerances | |||
*[[Overeating]] | |||
*[[Weight gain]] | |||
===Causes by Organ System=== | |||
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===Causes in Alphabetical Order=== | |||
==Causes in Alphabetical Order== | |||
* [[Abdominal abscess]] | * [[Abdominal abscess]] | ||
* [[Abdominal aneurysm]] | * [[Abdominal aneurysm]] | ||
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Overview
Abdominal distension (or "distended abdomen") can be a sign of many conditions affecting many organ systems. [1] [2]
Causes
Common Causes
- Air swallowing (a nervous habit)
- Constipation
- Gastroesophageal reflux
- Irritable bowel syndrome
- Lactose intolerance and other food intolerances
- Overeating
- Weight gain
Causes by Organ System
| Cardiovascular |
Abdominal aneurysm, Congestive Heart Failure, Heart failure, |
| Chemical / poisoning | No underlying causes |
| Congenital |
Congenital hepatic porphyria, Congenital megacolon, Congenital short bowel, Congenital tuberculosis, Hirschsprung's disease, Jirásek-Zuelzer-Wilson syndrome, Meconium plug syndrome, |
| Dermatologic | No underlying causes |
| Drug Side Effect | |
| Ear Nose Throat | No underlying causes |
| Endocrine | |
| Environmental | No underlying causes |
| Gastroenterologic |
Abdominal abscess, Acute appendicitis, Ascites, Biliary Atresia, Cirrhosis, Colonic volvulus, Constipation, Diverticulitis, Idiopathic sclerosing mesenteritis, Ileus, Large bowel obstruction, Necrotizing enterocolitis, Pancreatitis and complications (pseudocyst), Peritoneal bleeding, Peritonitis,
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| Genetic | |
| Hematologic | |
| Iatrogenic |
Blind loop syndrome, Colonic pseudo-obstruction (Ogilvie's Syndrome), |
| Infectious Disease | |
| Musculoskeletal / Ortho | No underlying causes |
| Neurologic | No underlying causes |
| Nutritional / Metabolic |
Acute intermittent porphyria, Hepatorenal tyrosinemia]], Lactose intolerance, Overeating, |
| Obstetric/Gynecologic | |
| Oncologic |
Granulosa cell tumor of the ovary, Leukemia, Lymphoma, |
| Opthalmologic | No underlying causes |
| Overdose / Toxicity | No underlying causes |
| Psychiatric | No underlying causes |
| Pulmonary | No underlying causes |
| Renal / Electrolyte |
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| Rheum / Immune / Allergy | No underlying causes |
| Sexual | No underlying causes |
| Trauma |
Abdominal trauma with intra-abdominal bleeding, |
| Urologic | No underlying causes |
| Miscellaneous |
Air swallowing (nervous habit), Functional gas/constipation, Gas/bloat syndrome, Obesity, Umbilical hernia or ventral hernia, |
Causes in Alphabetical Order
- Abdominal abscess
- Abdominal aneurysm
- Abdominal trauma with intra-abdominal bleeding
- Acanthocytosis
- Acute appendicitis
- Air swallowing (nervous habit)
- Ascites
- Hypoalbuminemia (e.g. malnutrition, liver failure)
- Metastatic cancer (e.g., colon, ovarian)
- Nephrotic syndrome
- Portal hypertension (e.g. cirrhosis)
- Autonomic dysreflexia
- Biliary Atresia
- Blind loop syndrome
- Bloating
- Bowel obstruction
- Cardiac tamponade
- Chylous ascites
- Cirrhosis
- Clostridium difficile
- Colonic pseudo-obstruction (Ogilvie's Syndrome)
- Colonic volvulus
- Congenital hepatic porphyria
- Congenital megacolon
- Congenital short bowel
- Congenital tuberculosis
- Constipation
- Cordyceps
- Diverticulitis
- Drowning
- End stage liver failure
- Enteritis
- Eosinophilic gastroenteritis
- Functional gas/constipation
- Gas/bloat syndrome
- Granulosa cell tumor of the ovary
- Heart failure
- Helminthiasis
- Hepatorenal tyrosinemia
- Hirschsprung disease
- Hookworm
- Hypothyroidism
- Idiopathic sclerosing mesenteritis
- Ileus
- Infectious diarrhea
- Intestinal pseudoobstruction
- Irritable bowel syndrome
- Ischemic colitis
- Infectious hematopoietic necrosis virus
- Islet cell transplantation
- Jirásek-Zuelzer-Wilson syndrome
- Lactose intolerance
- Large bowel obstruction
- Leukemia
- Lymphoma
- Meconium plug syndrome
- Metastatic cancer (e.g., colon, ovarian)
- Necrotizing enterocolitis
- Neonatal sepsis
- Nephrotic syndrome
- Obesity
- Ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome OHSS
- Ovarian cancer
- Ovarian cyst
- Overeating
- Pancreatitis and complications (pseudocyst)
- Paralytic ileus
- Pelvic masses
- Peritoneal bleeding
- Peritonitis
- Polycystic Liver Disease
- Pregnancy
- Premenstrual syndrome
- Pseudocyesis
- Pseudomyxoma peritonei
- Pulmonary hypertension
- Sclerosing mesenteritis
- Small bowel obstruction
- Smith's disease
- Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP)
- SSRI discontinuation syndrome
- Stongyloidiasis
- Stalker-Chitayat syndrome
- Toxic megacolon
- Trauma
- Ulcerative colitis
- Umbilical hernia or ventral hernia
- Urethral obstruction sequence
- Urorectal septum malformation sequence
- Valvular dysplasia of the child
- Variegate porphyria
- Volvulus
- Weight gain
- Wolman syndrome