Right upper quadrant (RUQ) pain refers to discomfort in the upper right region of your abdomen, which may be felt beneath or behind your lower ribs. Pain in the RUQ can range from person to person ...

The patient reports a 6-day history of right upper quadrant pain that is worse when she coughs, moves, laughs, or takes a deep breath and is associated with nausea but no vomiting. She notes some ...

A forty-three-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital because of intermittent lower-quadrant pain. Two months prior to entry she first noted the gradual onset of crampy lower-abdominal pain ...

There are compelling reasons to use CT in the diagnosis of right lower quadrant pain, particularly in the elderly. The accuracy of CT in suspected appendicitis (in a series of 100 consecutive ...

A 52-year-old man with a history of coronary disease, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and amphetamine abuse presents to the emergency department with left upper quadrant (LUQ) abdominal pain that ...

Capsule endoscopy of the stomach also appears safe: one patient experienced temporary abdominal pain that resolved spontaneously, and left lower quadrant pain in another patient was found to be ...

Background. A 50-year-old man presented with a 2–3 month history of left lower quadrant abdominal pain, right periorbital headache, blurry vision, tinnitus, polydipsia, right elbow pain ...