Left lower quadrant abdominal pain resident survival guide

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Rim Halaby, M.D. [2], Amr Marawan, M.D. [3]

Left lower quadrant abdominal pain

Causes

• Adnexal pathology (cyst or tumor that caused torsion, bleeding or rupture)
• Colon cancer (descending colon and sigmoid)
• Ectopic pregnancy
• Endometriosis
• Endometritis
• Inflammatory bowel disease
• Hernia
• Leiomyomas
• Pelvic inflammatory disease
• Sigmoid colon polyps
• Sigmoid volvulus
• Sigmoid obstruction or gas accumulation
• Testicular torsion