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==Right upper quadrant abdominal pain== | ==Right upper quadrant abdominal pain== | ||
===Causes=== | ===Causes=== | ||
*Colon pain (below the area of liver - [[bowel obstruction]], functional disorders, gas accumulation, spasm, inflammation, [[colon cancer]]) | |||
*Gallbladder and biliary tract ([[cholecystitis]], [[cholangitis]], [[cholelithiasis]], tumours or [[roundworms]]) | |||
*[[Hepatitis]] (viral, toxic and drug-induced, alcoholic, autoimmune, [[fatty liver]], and metabolic disorders as [[hemosiderosis]] or [[wilson disease]]) | |||
*[[liver cancer]] | |||
*[[Liver abscess]] ([[pyogenic]] or [[ameobic liver abscess]]) | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 21:02, 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]
Right upper quadrant abdominal pain
Causes
- Colon pain (below the area of liver - bowel obstruction, functional disorders, gas accumulation, spasm, inflammation, colon cancer)
- Gallbladder and biliary tract (cholecystitis, cholangitis, cholelithiasis, tumours or roundworms)
- Hepatitis (viral, toxic and drug-induced, alcoholic, autoimmune, fatty liver, and metabolic disorders as hemosiderosis or wilson disease)
- liver cancer
- Liver abscess (pyogenic or ameobic liver abscess)