The left lower quadrant includes the left iliac fossa and half of the flank. The equivalent in other animals is left posterior quadrant. The leftupperquadrant extends from the umbilical plane to the left ribcage. and infarcts are painful and cause leftupperquadrantpain. So how about sickle cell disease itself, it has a really strong tendency to damage the spleen this can happen both acutely and chronically. He displayed rebound tenderness in the leftupperquadrant with radiation to the left shoulder.Abdominal pain, usually in the leftupperquadrant, is the most consistent finding in the pancreatic pseudo-cysts with splenic involvement. pain improved, with labetalol to control blood pressure. He was asymptomatic at discharge 5 days later and on follow-up 1 month later. Visceral artery disease should be considered an uncommon cause of leftupperquadrantpain; splenic artery dissection is a rare but potentially deadly... A 67-year-old man was evaluated for ongoing pain in the leftupperquadrant.A 79-year-old woman presents with right upperquadrantpain. CT shows emphysematous calculous cholecystitis, a cholecystoduodenal fistula, and a 30-mm gallstone lodged in the terminal ileum. Differential Diagnosis for UpperLeftQuadrantPain. The following differential diagnosis is organized into categories to help identify the possible causes of upperleftquadrantpain, excluding pancreatic and kidney issues. A 26-year-old man presented with leftupperquadrant abdominal pain for 1 week. The character of the pain was intermittent, cramping in … Other Causes of LeftUpperQuadrantPain. Heart-Related Pain: Some cardiac conditions, including heart attacks, can present with pain that patients perceive as coming from the upper abdomen rather than the chest. A 50-year-old man presents to the emergency department (ED) with a 2-day history of fever and persistent leftupperquadrantpain resulting from a minor blow to the leftupperquadrant. Splenic rupture is associated with leftupperquadrantpain. Pain referred to the left shoulder is a classic sign. Spontaneous rupture is a rare event, most cases are associated with trauma. Therefore, even in adults with pain in the leftupperquadrant abdomen or enlarged spleen, splenic lymphangioma should be taken into account in the differential diagnosis. The case serves as an example of a rare congenital splenic tumor. Aims Leftupperquadrant abdominal pain (LUQP) is a common clinical complaint, but studies on its underlying causes and the diagnostic value of various modalities are limited. This study aims to evaluate the diagnostic utility of endoscopy in patients presenting with LUQP [1] [2] [3]. We report a case of left-sided acute appendicitis, presented with leftupperquadrantpain, in a patient with a midgut malrotation. Department of General Surgery, ArRayyan Hospital, Dr. Sulaiman Alhabib Medical Group, Riyadh, KSA.
