DDx
Don’t miss
- 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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