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Revision as of 17:30, 7 August 2013

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Mugilan Poongkunran M.B.B.S [2]

Overview

Causes of Left Upper Quadrant Abdominal pain

Life Threatening Causes

Common Causes

Causes by Organ System

Cardiovascular	Abdominal aortic aneurysm rupture, ischemic colitis, malignant hypertension, mesenteric artery ischemia, rheumatoid vasculitis, systemic vasculitis
Chemical/Poisoning	Ethylene glycol poisoning, food poisoning, heavy metal poisoning, methanol, organophosphate poisoning
Dental	No underlying causes
Dermatologic	Scarlet fever, shingles
Drug Side Effect	Statins, steroid abuse, thrombolytic therapy, vitamin D toxicity
Ear Nose Throat	No underlying causes
Endocrine	Carcinoid, diabetic ketoacidosis
Environmental	Organophosphate poisoning
Gastroenterologic	Abdominal compartment syndrome, acute diverticulitis, chronic constipation, collagenous colitis, colon cancer, colonic lymphoma, Crohn's disease, 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, malignant peritoneal mesothelioma, mesentric lymphadenitis, omental cyst, pelvic abscess, perforated gastric ulcer, perianal abscess, peritonitis, porphyria, proctalgia fugax, rectal abscess, rectal injury, rectal ulcer, small bowel adhesions, small bowel obstruction, strangulation of hernia, ulcerative colitis, visceral hamartoma, visceral hemangioma, volvulus, wandering spleen syndrome
Genetic	Colon atresia, familial adenomatous polyposis, porphyria, Von Hippel-Lindau disease
Hematologic	Lymphoma, porphyria
Iatrogenic	Colonic surgery, colonoscopy, hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy, intra abdominal adhesions, percutaneous abdominal biopsy, peritoneal dialysis, radiation therapy, referred pain
Infectious Disease	Bacteroides, chlamydia, cystitis, gardnerella vaginalis, gastroenteritis, gonorrhea, HIV, miliary tuberculosis, mumps, pelvic inflammatory disease, peritonitis, psoas abscess, seminal vesiculitis, salpingitis, septic arthritis, shingles, transient synovitis, tuboovarian abscess
Musculoskeletal/Orthopedic	Hip dislocation, polymyositis, psoas abscess, septic arthritis, transient synovitis
Neurologic
Nutritional/Metabolic
Obstetric/Gynecologic	Abortion, bacterial vaginosis, bacteroides, broad ligament neoplasms, child birth, chlamydia, corpus luteum of pregnancy, cystitis, dysmenorrhoea, eclampsia, ectopic pregnancy, endometriosis, endometritis, fallopian tubal carcinoma, gardnerella vaginalis, gestational trophoblastic disease, gonorrhea, hydatid cyst of morgagni, infarction or torsion of uterine leiomyoma, intra-uterine device, luteoma, ovarian cancer, ovarian cyst, ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome, ovarian metastasis, ovarian torsion, paramesonephric cysts, pelvic inflammatory disease, polycystic ovary syndrome, Reiter’s syndrome, salpingitis, theca lutein cysts, uterine fibroids, uterine torsion
Oncologic	Colon cancer, colonic lymphoma, familial adenomatous polyposis, ovarian metastasis, ovarian cancer, tumor lysis syndrome, uterine fibroids, visceral hamartoma, visceral hemangioma, Von Hippel-Lindau disease
Ophthalmologic	No underlying causes
Overdose/Toxicity	Cocaine overdose, steroid abuse
Psychiatric	Intestinal pseudo-obstruction, irritable bowel syndrome
Pulmonary
Renal/Electrolyte	Ureteral colic, urinary outflow obstruction, Von Hippel-Lindau disease
Rheumatology/Immunology/Allergy	Allergic gastroenteropathy, Crohn's disease, food intolerance, Henoch-Schönlein purpura, rheumatoid vasculitis, scarlet fever, systemic lupus erythematosus, systemic vasculitis, ulcerative colitis
Sexual	Seminal vesiculitis, testicular torsion, torsion of epididymis
Trauma	Electrical burns, pelvic bone fractures
Urologic	Bladder distension
Miscellaneous	Chronic constipation, foreign body ingestion, idiopathic, inguinal lymphadenopathy, splenosis

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+==Overview==
+==Causes of Left Upper 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]]
-==Causes of Left Lower Quadrant Abdominal Pain==
 ===Common Causes===
-* [[Adnexitis]]
 * [[Aortic aneurysm]]
 * [[Appendicitis]]
 * [[Colitis]]
 * [[Colon carcinoma]]
-* [[Crohn's disease]]
 * [[Diverticulitis]]
 * [[Ectopic pregnancy]]
 * [[Endometriosis]]
-* [[Feces]]
+* [[Fecal impaction]]
-* [[Gastritis]]
 * [[Gastroenteritis]]
 * [[Inflammatory bowel disease]]
 * [[Inguinal hernia]]
 * [[Intestinal obstruction]]
-* [[Mesenteric]] [[lymphadenitis]] or [[thrombosis]]
+* [[lymphadenopathy|Mesenteric lymphadenitis]]
-* [[Dysmenorrhea|Middle pain]]
+* [[Dysmenorrhea]]
 * [[Nephrolithiasis]]
-* [[Ovarian cyst]] or [[torsion]]
+* [[Ovarian cyst]]
-* [[Psoas]] [[abscess]]
+* [[Psoas abscess]]
 * [[Pyelonephritis]]
 * [[Renal pain]]
-* [[Salpingitis]]/[[Pelvic inflammatory disease]]
+* [[Pelvic inflammatory disease]]
-* Seminal vesiculitis
+* [[Chlamydia infection|Seminal vesiculitis]]
-* [[Splenomegaly]]
-* [[Strangulated hernia]]
 * [[Volvulus]]
-==Causes of Left Upper Quadrant Abdominal pain==
-===Life Threatening Causes===
-*[[Blunt trauma|Abdominal compartment syndrome]]
-*[[Acute pancreatitis]]
-*[[heavy metal|Heavy metal toxicity]]
-*[[Eclampsia]]
-*[[Hepatorenal syndrome]]
-*[[Infective endocarditis]]
-*[[Ischemic colitis]]
-*[[Ketoacidosis]]
-*[[Malignant hypertension]]
-*[[acute mesenteric ischemia|Mesenteric artery ischemia]]
-*[[gastric ulcer|Perforated gastric ulcer]]
-*[[Peritonitis]]
-*[[ERCP|Post-ERCP perforation]]
-*[[Pulmonary embolism]]
-*[[Pulmonary infarction]]
-*[[abdominal abscess|Renal abscess]]
-*[[abdominal abscess|Splenic abscess]]
-*[[embolization|Splenic artery embolization]]
-*[[Splenic infarction]]
-*[[rupture spleen|Traumatic splenic rupture]]
-===Common Causes===
-*[[pneumonia|Basal pneumonia]]
-*[[Empyema]]
-*[[Gastritis]]
-*[[Peptic ulcer|Gastroduodenal ulcer]]s
-*[[Acute pancreatitis]]
-*[[Pericarditis]]
-*[[Pleuritis]]
-*[[Pulmonary infarction]]
-*[[Pyelonephritis]]
-*[[Renal colic]]
-*[[Splenic infarction]]
-*[[rupture spleen|Splenic rupture]]
-*[[Splenic tumor]]
-*[[Splenomegaly]]
 ===Causes by Organ System===
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 | '''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]], [[Lymphadenopathy|mesentric lymphadenitis]], [[mesothelioma|malignant peritoneal mesothelioma]], [[serous tumor|omental cyst]], [[pelvic abscess]], [[gastric ulcer|perforated gastric ulcer]], [[perianal abscess]], [[peritonitis]], [[porphyria]], [[proctalgia fugax]], [[injury|rectal injury]], [[Anorectal pain|rectal abscess]], [[Anorectal pain|rectal ulcer]], [[adhesions|small bowel adhesions]], [[small bowel obstruction]], [[ulcerative colitis]], [[hamartoma|visceral hamartoma]], [[hemangioma|visceral hemangioma]], [[volvulus]], [[Wandering spleen|wandering spleen syndrome]]
+|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]]
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 | '''Infectious Disease'''
-|bgcolor="Beige"| [[Bacteroides]], [[chlamydia]], [[cystitis]], [[gardnerella vaginalis]], [[gastroenteritis]], [[gonorrhea]], [[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="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]]
 |-
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 | '''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]], [[HIV]], [[Müllerian duct|hydatid cyst of Morgagni]], [[Leiomyoma|infarction or torsion of uterine leiomyoma]], [[Intra-uterine device|intra-uterine device]], [[luteoma]], [[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="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]], [[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="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]]
 |-
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 | '''Trauma'''
-|bgcolor="Beige"| [[Electrical burns]], [[rib fractures]], [[blunt splenic trauma|splenic laceration and hematoma]], [[rupture spleen|traumatic splenic rupture]]
+|bgcolor="Beige"| [[Electrical burns]], [[fracture|pelvic bone fractures]]
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+*[[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]]
+*[[Chlamydia infection|Seminal vesiculitis]]
 *[[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]]
+{{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]]
+*[[Lymphadenopathy|Mesentric lymphadenitis]]
 *[[Lymphoma]]
 *[[mesothelioma|Malignant peritoneal mesothelioma]]
-*
 *[[acute mesenteric ischemia|Mesenteric artery ischemia]]
 *[[Miliary tuberculosis]]
 *[[Milk-alkali syndrome]]
 *[[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]]
+*[[Proctalgia fugax]]
+{{col-break|width=33%}}
+*[[Psoas abscess]]
 *[[Radiation therapy]]
+*[[Anorectal pain|Rectal abscess]]
+*[[injury|Rectal injury]]
+*[[Anorectal pain|Rectal ulcer]]
 *[[Referred pain]]
-**[[Rheumatoid vasculitis]]
+*[[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]]

Causes of left lower quadrant abdominal pain: Difference between revisions

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Overview

Causes of Left Upper Quadrant Abdominal pain

Life Threatening Causes

Common Causes

Causes by Organ System

Causes in Alphabetical Order

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