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===Causes=== | ===Causes=== | ||
[[Splenomegaly]] (e.g. [[viral hepatitis]], [[cirrhosis]], [[hepatic schistosomiasis]], [[rheumatoid arthritis]], [[leukemia]], [[lymphoma]], [[myeloproliferative disease]] and [[sarcoidosis]]) | |||
Pancreas (especially pathology in the tail) | |||
Colon pain (below the area of spleen - bowel obstruction, functional disorders, gas accumulation, spasm, inflammation, [[colon cancer]]) | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 21:15, 3 March 2014
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 upper quadrant abdominal pain
Causes
Splenomegaly (e.g. viral hepatitis, cirrhosis, hepatic schistosomiasis, rheumatoid arthritis, leukemia, lymphoma, myeloproliferative disease and sarcoidosis) Pancreas (especially pathology in the tail) Colon pain (below the area of spleen - bowel obstruction, functional disorders, gas accumulation, spasm, inflammation, colon cancer)