title: [Difficulties in differential diagnosis of abdominal pain].
abstract: The authors discuss difficulties of differential diagnosis in acute abdominal pain; analyse cause of misdiagnosis in recurrent abdominal colicky pain, report three cases of mistakes in making diagnosis of acute pancreatitis, thrombosis of the mesenterial vessels in a patient with ischemic heart disease and chronic aneurysm of the left ventricular anterior wall, gastric ulcer complicated by hemorrhage in combination with new-onset diabetes mellitus with ketoacidosis.
authors.forename: V V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Lukanov
authors.forename: I G
authors.initials: IG
authors.lastname: Fomina
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D016099:Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008487:Medical History Taking; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography