Abdominal Pain - Differential Diagnosis According to Localization of Abdominal Pain Abdominal pain can originate from intra-abdominal and extra-abdominal or non-GI conditions; hence, it’s advisable to be systematic in your approach to narrow down your differential diagnoses. (i.e., Cardiac, GI, infectious, hematologic, urologic, gynecologic, etc.) When diagnosing abdominal pain, the differential diagnoses can be based on anatomic localization of pain (Figure 3). This, in turn, helps direct…
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