Background: Recent literature supports the use of CT for all patients with right lower quadrant pain to improve diagnostic accuracy and reduce hospital cost. Our current practice at a large ...

Medically reviewed by Alicen Nelson MD, MPH The navel, also known as the belly button or umbilicus, is a small, round, or ...

Jan. 15, 2025 — Researchers have designed process that uses ultrasound to modify the behavior of cancer-fighting T cells by increasing their cell permeability. They targeted freshly isolated ...

Owing to its location and clinical features, CD may be mimicked by several intestinal and pelvic diseases such as appendicitis ... and abdominal/pelvic ultrasound. Final diagnosis relies on ...

The transversus abdominis (TA) muscle is the deepest of the abdominal muscles. It extends between the ribs and the pelvis, wrapping around the trunk from front to back. The fibers of this muscle run ...

Familial Mediterranean fever can have nonspecific manifestations that mimic many common acquired disorders such as infections, acute appendicitis ... accompanied by abdominal (most common ...

A Groundbreaking New Approach to Treating Chronic Abdominal Pain Nov ... and hospitals currently defer medication abortion until ultrasound confirms a pregnancy inside the uterus.

"Appendicitis can be clinically challenging and that patients often present with generalized abdominal pain," the decision read. "It is accepted by all of the experts that diagnosing appendicitis ...

Constant and/or recurrent abdominal pain is present in 80–90% of patients with chronic pancreatitis The spontaneous and postprandial pain in chronic pancreatitis may reflect the characteristic ...