acute abdomen
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Introduction
abdominal pain & tenderness of < 24 hours duration (see abdominal pain)
Etiology
- cholecystitis
- diverticulitis - including Meckel's diverticulitis
- gastroenteritis
- ectopic pregnancy
- acute salpingitis
- tubo-ovarian abscess
- mittelschmerz
- ovarian torsion
- ruptured ovarian cyst
- ureteral calculus
- pyelonephritis
- perinephric abscess
- Crohn's disease
- Yersinia enterocolitis
- mesenteric adenitis
- psoas abscess
- torsion of an undescended testicle
- perforated duodenal ulcer
- omental torsion
- mucocele
- strangulated inguinal hernia
- Mycobacterium avium intracellulare in patients with AIDS
- intussusception
- volvulus
Radiology
More general terms
References
- ↑ Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 16, American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 2012
Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 20 American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 2025 - ↑ Ross A, LeLeiko NS. Acute abdominal pain. Pediatr Rev. 2010 Apr;31(4):135-44 PMID: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20360407
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Shaish H et al. Diagnostic accuracy of unenhanced computed tomography for evaluation of acute abdominal pain in the emergency department. JAMA Surg 2023 May 3; [e-pub] PMID: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37133836 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamasurgery/fullarticle/2804484
- ↑ Yew KS, George MK, Allred HB. Acute abdominal pain in adults: evaluation and diagnosis. Am Fam Physician. 2023;107:585-596. PMID: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37327158