Causes of right upper quadrant abdominal pain

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

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Causes of Right Upper Quadrant Abdominal Pain

Life Threatening Causes

• Adrenal hemorrhage
• Gall bladder rupture
• Gangrenous cholecystitis
• Ischemic colitis
• Pulmonary embolism
• Ruptured peptic ulcer
• Toxins

Common Causes

• Cholangitis
• Cholecystitis
• Choledocholithiasis
• Hepatic abscess
• Hepatitis
• Pancreatitis
• Peptic ulcer disease
• Pleuritis
• Pneumonia
• Renal colic

Causes by Organ System

Cardiovascular	Congestive heart failure, ischemic colitis, myocarditis, veno-occlusive disease
Chemical/Poisoning	No underlying causes
Dental	No underlying causes
Dermatologic	Herpes zoster, polymyositis
Drug Side Effect	Cholecystitis , duodenal ulcer
Ear Nose Throat	No underlying causes
Endocrine	Addisonian crisis, adrenal hemorrhage, adrenal tuberculosis, constipation, pheochromocytoma
Environmental	Heat stroke
Gastroenterologic	Acute cholecystitis, acute fatty liver, acute hepatitis, acute pancreatitis, ascending cholangitis, ascending retrocecal appendicitis, atypical acute appendicitis, biliary colic, biliary dyskinesia, budd-chiari syndrome, cholecystitis, choledocholithiasis, colitis, congestive heart failure, constipation, Crohn's disease, diverticulosis, duodenal ulcer, dyspepsia, gallstone disease, gallstone pancreatitis, gangrenous cholecystitis, gastroenteritis, hepatic abscess, hepatic flexure carcinoma, hepatic tumor, hepatomegaly, HIV, inflammatory hepatomegaly, irritable bowel syndrome, ischemic colitis, peptic ulcer disease, perihepatitis, seizures, sepsis, Zollinger-Ellison syndrome
Genetic	No underlying causes
Hematologic	Budd-chiari syndrome, choledocholithiasis, hemoglobinopathies, sickle cell disease, veno-occlusive disease
Iatrogenic	Partial hepatectomy
Infectious Disease	Acute hepatitis, adrenal hemorrhage, adrenal tuberculosis, ascending cholangitis, colitis, duodenal ulcer, Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome, gastroenteritis, hepatic abscess, herpes zoster, HIV, pelvic inflammatory disease, perihepatitis, pyelonephritis, sepsis, subdiaphragmatic abscess
Musculoskeletal/Orthopedic	Abdominal wall pain, painful rib syndrome, polymyositis
Neurologic	Seizures
Nutritional/Metabolic	Choledocholithiasis, constipation, diabetic ketoacidosis
Obstetric/Gynecologic	Acute fatty liver, eclampsia, HELLP syndrome, pelvic inflammatory disease, preeclampsia
Oncologic	Hepatic flexure carcinoma, hepatic tumor, Kaposis sarcoma, malignant infiltration of liver, metastatic infiltration of right adrenal gland, pheochromocytoma, renal carcinoma, Zollinger-Ellison syndrome
Ophthalmologic	No underlying causes
Overdose/Toxicity
Psychiatric	No underlying causes
Pulmonary	Empyema, pleural effusion, pleurisy, pleuritis, pneumonia, pulmonary embolism, pulmonary infarction
Renal/Electrolyte	Glomerulonephritis, hydronephrosis, pyelonephritis, renal carcinoma, renal colic, renal cyst
Rheumatology/Immunology/Allergy	Addisonian crisis, glomerulonephritis, polymyositis
Sexual	No underlying causes
Trauma	Adrenal hemorrhage, collisions, falls, gall bladder rupture, solid organ laceration or perforated viscus
Urologic	No underlying causes
Miscellaneous	Heavy exercise

Causes in Alphabetical Order

• Abdominal wall pain
• Acute cholecystitis
• Acute fatty liver
• Acute hepatitis
• Acute pancreatitis
• Addisonian crisis
• Adrenal hemorrhage
• Adrenal tuberculosis
• Ascending cholangitis
• Ascending retrocecal appendicitis
• Atypical acute appendicitis
• Biliary colic
• Biliary dyskinesia
• Budd-chiari syndrome
• Cholecystitis
• Choledocholithiasis
• Colitis
• Collisions
• Congestive heart failure
• Constipation
• Crohn's disease
• Diabetic ketoacidosis
• Diverticulosis
• Duodenal ulcer
• Dyspepsia
• Eclampsia

• Empyema
• Falls
• Fitz-hugh-curtis syndrome
• Gall bladder rupture
• Gallstone disease
• Gallstone pancreatitis
• Gangrenous cholecystitis
• Gastroenteritis
• Glomerulonephritis
• Heat stroke
• Heavy exercise
• HELLP syndrome
• Hemoglobinopathies
• Hepatic abscess
• Hepatic flexure carcinoma
• Hepatic tumor
• Hepatomegaly
• Herpes zoster
• HIV
• Hydronephrosis
• Inflammatory hepatomegaly
• Irritable bowel syndrome
• Ischemic colitis
• Kaposis sarcoma
• Malignant infiltration of liver
• Metastatic infiltration of right adrenal gland

• Myocarditis
• Painful rib syndrome
• Partial hepatectomy
• Pelvic inflammatory disease
• Peptic ulcer disease
• Perihepatitis
• Pheochromocytoma
• Pleural effusion
• Pleurisy
• Pleuritis
• Pneumonia
• Polymyositis
• Preeclampsia
• Pulmonary embolism
• Pulmonary infarction
• Pyelonephritis
• Renal carcinoma
• Renal colic
• Renal cyst
• Seizures
• Sepsis
• Sickle cell disease
• Solid organ laceration or perforated viscus
• Subdiaphragmatic abscess
• Veno-occlusive disease
• Zollinger-ellison syndrome