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Perforated Appendicitis and Abscess on Abdominal POCUS

Young patient presents with RLQ abdominal pain and fever. What
Perforated Appendicitis ... Abdominal POCUS ... presents with RLQ ... Perforated appendicitis ... Abscess #Abdominal
Causes of Intestinal Obstruction - Differential Diagnosis
Lesions Extrinsic to the Intestinal Wall:
 • Adhesions: Postoperative, Congenital,
Causes of Intestinal ... abscess, "Starch ... Gossypiboma, Superior mesenteric ... diverticulitis, Appendicitis ... sharp objects that perforate
Pneumoperitoneum from perforated duodenal ulcer on RUQ POCUS

Male with severe RUQ abdominal pain. Answer in thread.
POCUS Male with ... severe RUQ abdominal ... Patient had perforated ... separated from bowel ... #POCUS #clinical
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
RUQ: • Biliary ... • Splenomegaly/Abscess ... • Irritable bowel ... disease • Chronic mesenteric ... compression syndrome • Mesenteric
Portal venous gas on hepatic ultrasound: A concerning finding in the critically ill patient that should
disruption (i.e. mesenteric ... ischemia, perforated ... ileus), intra-abdominal ... variety of other causes ... hepatology #liver #pocus
Localized Acute Abdominal Pain(<72 hours) - Differential Diagnostic Algorithm
Look for surgical abdomen
Upper quadrant: R/O cardiac, pulmonary,
Localized Acute Abdominal ... musculoskeletal causes ... genitourinary causes ... Cholecystitis • Perforated ... • Appendicitis