Left upper quadrant abdominal pain resident survival guide

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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)

References

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