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What could be causing chronic abdominal pain?

Anything from common peptic ulcers to uncommon pancreatic trauma

, MD, , MD & , MD
Pages 141-146 | Published online: 30 Jun 2015
 

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Establishing a reasonable diagnosis and treatment plan in patients with chronic abdominal pain can be difficult and frustrating. Most cases involve a common and readily identified condition (eg, gallbladder disease, GERD, irritable bowel syndrome). Other cases, however, resist ready diagnosis because they offer no intra-abdominal explanation. In this article, the authors summarize several diverse possibilities as the source of the pain, and they describe how to approach evaluation to avoid unnecessary testing.

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