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Churchills Pocketbook of Differential Diagnosis

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Abdominal Swellings 19

RIGHT AND LEFT LOWER QUADRANTS

CAUSES

SUBASH KC/NMC-15TH/2014

ABDOMINAL WALL

• Lipoma

Spigelian hernia

LARGE BOWEL

RIGHT LOWER QUADRANT

Appendix mass/abscess

Carcinoma of the caecum

Carcinoma of the ascending colon

Faeces

Crohn’s disease

Caecal volvulus

• Intussusception

LEFT LOWER QUADRANT

Carcinoma of the sigmoid colon

Diverticular mass

Faeces

Sigmoid volvulus

Crohn’s disease

SMALL BOWEL

Crohn’s disease

Carcinoma

• Lymphoma

Ileo-caecal TB

OVARY/UTERUS/FALLOPIAN TUBE

Ovarian cyst

Ovarian neoplasm

Ectopic pregnancy

Tubo-ovarian abscess

Uterine fibroid

KIDNEY

See kidney swellings, p. 282.

SPLEEN (MASSIVE SPLENOMEGALY)

See splenomegaly, p. 410.

Section A

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