title: RADIOLOGY REPORT: An imaging guide to abdominal pain.
abstract: When patients present with acute nontraumatic abdominal pain, knowing what disorders and which imaging modalities to consider is essential. Let this article and handy table be your guide.
authors.affiliation: Family Medicine Residency Program, University of Nebraska Medical Center and the 55th Medical Group, Offutt Air Force Base, NE, USA.
authors.forename: Richard E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Gray
authors.affiliation: Family Medicine Residency Program, University of Nebraska Medical Center and the 55th Medical Group, Offutt Air Force Base, NE, USA. Email: heidi.gaddey@us.af.mil.
authors.forename: Heidi L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Gaddey
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D000367:Age Factors; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D059408:Pain Management / Q000379:methods; D010147:Pain Measurement / Q000379:methods; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D012737:Sex Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000379:methods*