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*[[Appendicitis]] | *[[Appendicitis]] | ||
*Strangulated [[inguinal hernia] | *Strangulated [[inguinal hernia]] | ||
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Revision as of 11:21, 18 December 2009
Definition
Pain in the lower abdomen/pelvis area.
Epidemiology
Pathophysiology
Clinical and Associated Features
Differential Diagnosis
It's also worth taking a look at abdominal pain. This where I got most of the differentials from.
Gynaecological
- Dysmenorrhoea
- Ectopic pregnancy
- Miscarriage
- STI
- Salpingitis
- PID
- Dyspareunia - pain during or after intercourse
- Superficial dyspareunia - pain of the external genitalia. Causes: genital infection, Bartholin's cyst, surgery
- Deep dys
Non-gynae
- Abdominal abscess
- Renal stones
- Mesenteric adenitis
- Meckel's diverticulum
- Crohn's
- Bowel perforation
- Appendicitis
- Strangulated inguinal hernia