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Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Pain Causes - Differential ... • Intestinal ... • Abdominal hernia ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #gastroenterology
IBD Mimics
Infectious - Always RULE OUT infection (CMV, C. diff esp.) obtain travel & exposures history:
history: • Small intestine ... : Behcet's disease ... changes without chronic ... mimics #mimickers #differential ... #diagnosis #gastroenterology
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
disease) Differential ... Gastrointestinal : Crohn ... Recurrent and chronic ... Nonsurgical abdominal pain ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management
Chronic Pancreatitis

Definition: A pathologic fibroinflammatory syndrome of the pancreas in individuals with genetic, environmental, and/or other
Chronic Pancreatitis ... only if diagnosis is ... • Abdominal pain ... Pancreatitis #diagnosis #management ... #gastroenterology
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
or without back pain ... than 2/3 of the cross-sectional ... - Vasculitis- Heroin ... Myelitis #diagnosis #management ... #neurology #differential