New findings and diagnostic advances warrant revisiting key features of acute non-obstetric abdominal pain in pregnancy. Four of the most frequently seen conditions warranting surgical intervention ...

Doctors palpate the abdomen to check certain organs and feel for atypical masses or tenderness. Palpating the abdomen is often part of an abdominal physical examination. A doctor may perform a ...

A 50-year-old white woman presents to the clinic with a chief complaint of foul-smelling vaginal discharge and mild back and abdominal pain for 2 days. She states that thick, foul-smelling vaginal ...