Abdominal wall pain: an alternative diagnosis.
The cause of abdominal pain need not necessarily reside in the viscera; the abdominal wall is another source of symptoms. Some causes of abdominal wall pain are obvious, e.g. hernias, but not so others such as nerve entrapment syndromes. This review is concerned with causes of abdominal wall pain which, although common, may be easily overlooked.
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Department of Surgery, University College and Middlesex Hospital, School of Medicine, Rayne Institute, London, UK.
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D000009:Abdominal Muscles; D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D000465:Algorithms; D006555:Hernia, Ventral / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D009209:Myofascial Pain Syndromes / Q000150:complications; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000150:complications