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Valentino's syndrome is pain presenting in the right lower quadrant of the abdomen caused by a duodenal ulcer with perforation through the retroperitoneum. [1]It is named after Rudolph Valentino, an Italian actor, who presented with right lower quadrant pain in New York, which turned out to be a perforated peptic ulcer.
Superior mesenteric artery compressing the duodenum, featuring the superior mesenteric artery syndrome. Superior mesenteric artery (SMA) syndrome is a gastro-vascular disorder in which the third and final portion of the duodenum is compressed between the abdominal aorta (AA) and the overlying superior mesenteric artery.
Twelfth rib syndrome, also known as rib tip syndrome, is a painful condition that occurs as a result of highly mobile floating ribs.It commonly presents as pain that may be felt in the lower back or lower abdominal region as a result of the 11th or 12th mobile rib irritating the surrounding tissues and nervous systems.
As noted above, the liver and gallbladder could cause pain in the abdomen up under your ribs but will come with other symptoms as well. “For most serious conditions, the pain is severe—there ...
There are a few different areas of the hip that patients usually point to when experiencing hip pain: the front of the hip (close to the groin or hip crease area), the back of the hip (close to ...
“In the duodenum, you can get pain in that area from ulcers, or from gastritis and stomach irritation,” Murray says. If the pain gets worse or better after bowel movements, it may have to do ...
The ulcer is known initially as a peptic ulcer before the ulcer burns through the full thickness of the stomach or duodenal wall. A diagnosis is made by taking an erect abdominal/chest X-ray (seeking air under the diaphragm). This is in fact one of the very few occasions in modern times where surgery is undertaken to treat an ulcer. [3]
Gastric ulcer Duodenal ulcer A2 stage, acute duodenal mucosal lesion (ADML) Signs and symptoms of a peptic ulcer can include one or more of the following: [13] abdominal pain, classically epigastric, strongly correlated with mealtimes. In case of duodenal ulcers, the pain appears about three hours after taking a meal and wakes the person from ...