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acute abdomen
abdominal pain & tenderness of < 24 hours duration (see abdominal pain)
Etiology:
1) cholecystitis
2) diverticulitis - including Meckel's diverticulitis
3) gastroenteritis
4) ectopic pregnancy
5) acute salpingitis
6) tubo-ovarian abscess
7) mittelschmerz
8) ovarian torsion
9) ruptured ovarian cyst
10) ureteral calculus
11) pyelonephritis
12) perinephric abscess
13) Crohn's disease
14) Yersinia enterocolitis
15) mesenteric adenitis
16) psoas abscess
17) torsion of an undescended testicle
18) perforated duodenal ulcer
19) omental torsion
20) mucocele
21) strangulated inguinal hernia
22) Mycobacterium avium intracellulare in patients with AIDS
23) intussusception
24) volvulus
Radiology:
- contrast-enhanced CT of abdomen [3]
General
abdominal pain
References
- Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 16,
American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 2012
- Ross A, LeLeiko NS.
Acute abdominal pain.
Pediatr Rev. 2010 Apr;31(4):135-44
PMID: 20360407
- Shaish H et al.
Diagnostic accuracy of unenhanced computed tomography for evaluation of acute
abdominal pain in the emergency department.
JAMA Surg 2023 May 3; [e-pub]
PMID: 37133836
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamasurgery/fullarticle/2804484