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Abdominal pain, left upper quadrant

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Left lower lobe pneumonia
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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

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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 February 18, 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 February 18]. Available from: https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114442/all/Abdominal_pain__left_upper_quadrant

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