Causes of right lower 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]
Overview
Causes of Right Lower Quadrant Abdominal Pain
Life Threatening Causes
Common Causes
- Adnexitis
- Appendicitis
- Caecal volvulus
- Carcinoma
- Crohn's disease
- Diverticulitis
- Ectopic pregnancy
- Endometriosis
- Endometritis
- Feces
- Hemorrhage or rupture of ovarian cyst
- Inflamed ileal diverticulum
- Inguinal hernia
- Intussusception
- Leaking aortic aneurysm
- Middle pain
- Ovarian cyst or torsion
- Perforated ulcer
- Psoas abscess
- Renal calculus
- Renal pain
- Salpingitis/Pelvic inflammatory disease
- Seminal vesiculitis
- Terminal ileitis (Inflammatory bowel disease)
- Ureteral colic
- Uteral colic
Causes by Organ System
Cardiovascular | No underlying causes |
Chemical/Poisoning | No underlying causes |
Dental | No underlying causes |
Dermatologic | No underlying causes |
Drug Side Effect | No underlying causes |
Ear Nose Throat | No underlying causes |
Endocrine | No underlying causes |
Environmental | No underlying causes |
Gastroenterologic | No underlying causes |
Genetic | No underlying causes |
Hematologic | No underlying causes |
Iatrogenic | No underlying causes |
Infectious Disease | No underlying causes |
Musculoskeletal/Orthopedic | No underlying causes |
Neurologic | No underlying causes |
Nutritional/Metabolic | No underlying causes |
Obstetric/Gynecologic | No underlying causes |
Oncologic | No underlying causes |
Ophthalmologic | No underlying causes |
Overdose/Toxicity | No underlying causes |
Psychiatric | No underlying causes |
Pulmonary | No underlying causes |
Renal/Electrolyte | No underlying causes |
Rheumatology/Immunology/Allergy | No underlying causes |
Sexual | No underlying causes |
Trauma | No underlying causes |
Urologic | No underlying causes |
Miscellaneous | No underlying causes |