Diagnosaurus
Abdominal pain, left upper quadrant
DDx
Don’t miss
- Left lower lobe pneumonia
- Myocardial ischemia
- Intestinal ischemia
- Pyelonephritis
DDX
- Gastritis
- Gastroenteritis
- Pancreatitis
- Peptic ulcer disease (gastric)
- Splenomegaly, eg, leukemia, lymphoma
- Left lower lobe pneumonia
- Pyelonephritis
- Myocardial ischemia or pericarditis
- Ruptured spleen, eg, trauma, mononucleosis
- Splenic infarct, eg, endocarditis
- Urinary calculi
- Functional or nonulcer dyspepsia
- Gastric cancer
- Diverticulitis
- Herpes zoster
- Intestinal ischemia
- Trauma or musculoskeletal pain
- Herniated disk
- Abdominal abscess
- Physical or sexual abuse
See related DDx
Last updated: February 24, 2015
Citation
Zeiger, Roni F.. "Abdominal Pain, Left Upper Quadrant." Diagnosaurus, 4th ed., McGraw-Hill Education, 2015. Medicine Central, im.unboundmedicine.com/medicine/view/Diagnosaurus/114442/all/Abdominal_pain__left_upper_quadrant.
Zeiger RFR. Abdominal pain, left upper quadrant. Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2015. https://im.unboundmedicine.com/medicine/view/Diagnosaurus/114442/all/Abdominal_pain__left_upper_quadrant. Accessed May 19, 2025.
Zeiger, R. F. (2015). Abdominal pain, left upper quadrant. In Diagnosaurus (4th ed.). McGraw-Hill Education. https://im.unboundmedicine.com/medicine/view/Diagnosaurus/114442/all/Abdominal_pain__left_upper_quadrant
Zeiger RFR. Abdominal Pain, Left Upper Quadrant [Internet]. In: Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2015. [cited 2025 May 19]. Available from: https://im.unboundmedicine.com/medicine/view/Diagnosaurus/114442/all/Abdominal_pain__left_upper_quadrant.
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