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    Abdominal pain, left upper quadrant

    DDx

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    • Left lower lobe pneumonia
    • Myocardial ischemia
    • Intestinal ischemia
    • Pyelonephritis

    DDX

    • Gastritis
    • Gastroenteritis
    • Pancreatitis
    • Peptic ulcer disease (gastric)
    • Splenomegaly, eg, leukemia, lymphoma
    • Left lower lobe pneumonia
    • Pyelonephritis
    • Myocardial ischemia or pericarditis
    • Ruptured spleen, eg, trauma, mononucleosis
    • Splenic infarct, eg, endocarditis
    • Urinary calculi
    • Functional or nonulcer dyspepsia
    • Gastric cancer
    • Diverticulitis
    • Herpes zoster
    • Intestinal ischemia
    • Trauma or musculoskeletal pain
    • Herniated disk
    • Abdominal abscess
    • Physical or sexual abuse

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    Last updated: February 24, 2015

    Citation

    Zeiger, Roni F.. "Abdominal Pain, Left Upper Quadrant." Diagnosaurus, 4th ed., McGraw-Hill Education, 2015. Emergency Central, emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114442/all/Abdominal_pain__left_upper_quadrant.
    Zeiger RF. Abdominal pain, left upper quadrant. Diagnosaurus. 4th ed. McGraw-Hill Education; 2015. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114442/all/Abdominal_pain__left_upper_quadrant. Accessed April 25, 2019.
    Zeiger, R. F. (2015). Abdominal pain, left upper quadrant. In Diagnosaurus. Available from https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114442/all/Abdominal_pain__left_upper_quadrant
    Zeiger RF. Abdominal Pain, Left Upper Quadrant [Internet]. In: Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2015. [cited 2019 April 25]. Available from: https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114442/all/Abdominal_pain__left_upper_quadrant.
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