Abdominal Pain

Question 1

Pregnancy-related causes of abdominal pain

Answer 1

• ectopic pregnancy
• miscarriage + complications
• gestational trophoblastic disease

Question 2

Gynaecological non-pregnancy-related causes of abdominal pain

Answer 2

• congenital (haematocolpos)
• traumatic (coital injury, iatrogenic, IUCD)
• functional ovarian cysts (torsion, hg, rupture)
• infective (PUD)
• endometriosis (dysmenorrhoea, pelvic pain)
• neoplastic

Question 3

Medical causes of abdominal pain

Answer 3

• porphyria
• diabetic keto-acidosis
• lower lobe pneumonia
• pyelonephritis
• IBS

Question 4

Surgical causes of surgical pain

Answer 4

• appendicitis
• diverticulitis
• mesenteric thrombosis
• voluvulus
• perforation of the bowel

Question 5

Neoplastic causes of gynaecological abdominal pain

Answer 5

• ovarian tumours
• fallopian tube cancer
• fibroids of the uterus