Abdominal Quadrants (http://www.wikiradiography.net/ )
by aditya agrawal
1. Right Upper Quadrant (RUQ)
1.1. Gallbladder Pathology (Choleystitis)
1.1.1. band like pain, nausea, vomiting, pain,
1.1.2. Positive Murphy sign
1.2. Head of Pancreas
1.3. Peptic Ulcers
1.3.1. Dark terry stools
1.3.2. pain increase with empty stomach
1.3.3. rt shoulder pain
2. Right Lower Quadrant (LLQ)
2.1. Appendicitis
2.1.1. Rebound tenderness ( Blumberg’s sign) -McBurney’s Point -Rovsing’s Sign -Psoas Sign -Obturator Sign -Markle’s Sign -Pinch an inch on right
2.2. Crohn’s
2.2.1. granulomatous type of inflammation, skip lesions present
3. Pain Referral.jpeg
4. Left Upper Quadrant (LUQ)
4.1. Tail of Pancreas
4.2. Spleen Pathology
4.2.1. • Spleen rupture- Kehr’s sign (pain in left shoulder)
5. Left Lower Quadrant (LLQ)
5.1. Diverticulitis
5.1.1. Pinch an inch on left
5.1.2. pouch like herniation
5.2. Ulcerative Colitis
5.2.1. inflammation of large intestine and rectum, skip lesions absent
5.3. IBS
5.3.1. adnormal motility of small and large intestine
5.3.2. recurrent abdominal pain relieved by defeaction