ABDOMEN TABLES (UMBILICUS

Question 1

3 ADOMINAL VENOUS NETWORKS
Presence of engorged veins on upper abdominal wall
flow directed DOWNWARD

Answer 1

Obstruction of SVC

Question 2

3 ABDOMINAL VENOUS NETWORKS
presence of engorged veins on LATERAL abdominal wall flow directed UPWARD

Answer 2

obstruction of IVC

Question 3

3 ABDOMINAL VENOUS NETWORKS
presence of network of periumbilical veins
upper abdominal veins draining upward
lower abdominal veins draining downward

Answer 3

OBSTRUCTION of portal system

Question 4

COMMON CONDITIONS PRODUCING ABDOMINAL PAIN
initially periumbilical or epigastric colicky
later localizes to RLQ often at McBurney’s point

Answer 4

appendicitis

Question 5

COMMON CONDITIONS PRODUCING ABDOMINAL PAIN
severe, unrelenting RUQ or epigastric pain
may be referred to the right subscapular area

Answer 5

cholecystitis

Question 6

COMMON CONDITIONS PRODUCING ABDOMINAL PAIN
DRAMATIC SUDDEN excruciating LUQ epigastric or umbilical pain
may be present in one or both flanks
may be referred to left shoulder

Answer 6

pancreatitis

Question 7

COMMON CONDITIONS PRODUCING ABDOMINAL PAIN
epigastric, RADIATING down left side of abdomen especially after eating
may be referred to the back

Answer 7

diverticulitis

Question 8

COMMON CONDITIONS PRODUCING ABDOMINAL PAIN
abrupt
severe
spasmodic
referred to hypogastrium and umbilicus

Answer 8

intestinal obstruction