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Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
Gastrointestinal tract Gastrointestinal tract
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Tense abdomen
Anxiety/Excitement Pain
Extra-abdominal Abdominal causes
causes
Distension/ Distension/
compression pain Inflammation compression pain Inflammation Circulatory disturbances
– Spinal disc herniation – Discospondylitis – Splenic torsion – Pancreatitis – Thrombosis
– Testicular torsion – Bile duct obstruction – Peritonitis – Emboli
– Gastric torsion
– Volvulus
– Visceral stretch (e.g.
hepatomegaly)
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