A 32-year-old woman with a recent dry cough presents to the emergency department (ED). The patient reports a 6-day history of right upper quadrant pain that is worse when she coughs, moves, laughs, or ...

Pain on the right side of the abdomen under the ribs is a common complaint. We’ve all felt it at some point. The pain may be sharp or dull. Perhaps it was sudden or slowly crept up on you. At the ...

A 56-year-old Vietnamese woman with recurrent right upper quadrant pain and abnormal liver tests presented to clinic. Medical history was obtained verbally from the patient and her daughter, without ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A previously healthy 17-year-old male is brought to your office with fever, cough and right upper quadrant pain ...

Background A 34-year-old gravid woman with a history of ileal Crohn's disease presented at 30 weeks' gestation with a 2-week history of fever and right upper quadrant pain. An intra-abdominal abscess ...

A 27-year-old woman with a 3-year history of intermittent right upper quadrant pain presented for evaluation. She has been in good health except for these attacks, which are worse after meals, can ...

FATTY liver disease is an umbrella term for a range of conditions that cause a build-up of fat in the liver. Although the condition is usually asymptomatic, a specific type of pain can be a sign.

Presented before the New England Heart Association, Massachusetts General Hospital, December 16, 1940. Norman H. Boyer, M.D. Instructor in medicine, Boston University ...

A 52-year-old woman presents to the emergency department with bloating and right-sided chest/rib pain that radiates to her back and epigastric area. She notes that the bloating started approximately 8 ...