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Symptoms and Signs – Differential Diagnosis of Right upper quadrant (RUQ) Abdominal Pain
Appendicitis, e.g. in a pregnant woman
Colonic cancer (hepatic flexure)
Gall bladder pathology: cholecystitis (usually related to gallstones, occasionally may be acalculous), biliary colic, cholangitis
Herpes zoster
Liver pathology: hepatitis, hepatomegaly (congestive, e.g. in congestive cardiac failure, Budd-Chiari syndrome), hepatic tumours, hepatidsubphrenic abscess
Pain from adjacent areas: See Epigastric (e.g. pancreatitis, peptic ulcer), RIF, Loin pain, pulmonary/pleural pathology, e.g. pneumonia, pulmonary infarction
Appendicitis, e.g. in a pregnant woman
Colonic cancer (hepatic flexure)
Gall bladder pathology: cholecystitis (usually related to gallstones, occasionally may be acalculous), biliary colic, cholangitis
Herpes zoster
Liver pathology: hepatitis, hepatomegaly (congestive, e.g. in congestive cardiac failure, Budd-Chiari syndrome), hepatic tumours, hepatidsubphrenic abscess
Pain from adjacent areas: See Epigastric (e.g. pancreatitis, peptic ulcer), RIF, Loin pain, pulmonary/pleural pathology, e.g. pneumonia, pulmonary infarction
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