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 ...

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 ...

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 ...