Medically reviewed by Jane Kim, MD Right upper quadrant pain can feel dull, aching, colicky, or cramping.Common causes include gallstones, hepatitis, and kidney stones.Treatment depends on the cause ...

You may have left upper quadrant (LUQ) pain from conditions that affect organs like your spleen, kidney, or stomach. It is ...

A 32-year-old woman with a recent dry cough presents to the emergency department (ED). The patient reports a 6-day history of right upper quadrant pain that is worse when she coughs, moves, laughs, or ...

The differential diagnosis of left lower-quadrant pain includes gastrointestinal, gynecologic, and renal/ureteric pathology. Imaging is helpful in evaluating left lower-quadrant pain, and is generally ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A previously healthy 17-year-old male is brought to your office with fever, cough and right upper quadrant pain ...

Mackay Medicine, Nursing, Management College and Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan Based on the patient's clinical presentation and radiologic findings, which one of the following is the most ...

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 began ...

The patient's labor progresses appropriately, and she delivers a vigorous infant girl with Apgar scores of 9/9. Pediatricians are present at the time of delivery. Hepatitis B immune globulin is ...

Stabbing pain after gallbladder removal can signal a complication. Examples of these include bile leakage or bile duct injury, retained gallstones, or post-cholecystectomy syndrome. The gallbladder is ...