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Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Pain Causes - Differential ... Family history of IBD ... RUQ: • Biliary ... • Functional biliary ... • Splenomegaly/Abscess
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
• Most common cause ... Diagnosis: • CBC ... shows a small, stable ... Pathogens: • ... #differential #causes
Localized Acute Abdominal Pain(<72 hours) - Differential Diagnostic Algorithm
Look for surgical abdomen
Upper quadrant: R/O cardiac, pulmonary,
Localized Acute Abdominal ... Differential Diagnostic Algorithm ... musculoskeletal causes ... genitourinary causes ... Non-Peritoneal • Biliary
PFAPA Syndrome - Periodic Fever, Aphthous Stomatitis, Pharyngitis, and Adenitis

EPIDEMIOLOGY:
PFAPA is the most common syndrome entailing
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY: The exact cause ... dominant inheritance pattern ... not have a known pathogenic ... cause and are not ... Serial CBC counts