title: Nonsurgical and extraperitoneal causes of abdominal pain.
abstract: Most patients presenting to the emergency department with acute abdominal pain suffer from disorders requiring other than surgical intervention. Unnecessary morbidity may be avoided through understanding the anatomic and physiologic variables involved in producing abdominal pain. Table 1 lists conditions that may simulate an acute surgical abdomen. Selected disorders were discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles.
authors.forename: T B
authors.initials: TB
authors.lastname: Purcell
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen; D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000209:etiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology*