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Causes of Abdominal Pain - An Illustrated Differential based on Location

#Diagnosis #AbdominalPain #Differential #RUQ #RLQ #LUQ
#Differential #RUQ ... #RLQ #LUQ #LLQ
Differential diagnosis of acute abdominal pain based on pain localization
#Diagnosis #AbdominalPain #Differential #RUQ #RLQ #LUQ #LLQ
#Differential #RUQ ... #RLQ #LUQ #LLQ
Approach to Suspected Appendicitis - Management Algorithm

Suspected Appendicitis:
 • Vague periumbilical pain → localized RLQ pain
pain → localized RLQ ... Algorithm #surgery #appendix
RLQ Pain - Differential Diagnosis - VINDICATE Mnemonic
V - Vascular
I - Inflammatory
N - Neoplasm
D - Degenerative
RLQ Pain - Differential ... Endocrine #RLQ
Right Upper Quadrant Pain
Liver:
 - Infectious: Acute viral hepatitis, Liver abscess
 - Non-infectious: hepatitis (Alcohol, Medications),
Choledocholithiasis Other: RLL ... Subdiaphragmatic abscess #RUQ
Silhouette Sign on Chest X-Ray
Loss of the margin between two opposing structures of the same radiographic
localization by lobe • RUL ... paratracheal stripe • RML ... heart border • RLL ... heart border • LLL ... Sign #ChestXRay #CXR
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
Leukemias Overview: ALL ... CML, AML, APML, CLL ... age • 75% of ALL ... Mature B-cell ALL ... manifestations, hypoxia, CXR
Mesenteric adenitis on Abdominal POCUS

Child with RLQ abd pain, low-grade fever.  
Answer: Mesenteric adenitis
Initial study
Child with RLQ ... lymph nodes in the RLQ ... Appendix was normal ... ultrasound #clinical #RLQ
Acute Appendicitis on POCUS (Linear Probe) 

30M with generalized abd pain for past day. Looks uncomfortable;
ttp, more so in RLQ ... free fluid in the RLQ ... ultrasound #adominal #appendix
Mesenteric adenitis on Abdominal POCUS - Color Doppler

Child with RLQ abd pain, low-grade fever.  
Answer:
Child with RLQ ... lymph nodes in the RLQ ... Appendix was normal ... ultrasound #clinical #RLQ