title: Abdominal Pain Mimics.
abstract: Emergency department providers have become skilled at triaging patients with abdominal pain requiring surgical interventions. Abdominal pain mimics, medical conditions that cause the sensation of abdominal pain without abdominal abnormality, continue to puzzle the best physicians.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, MedStar Washington Hospital Center, 110 Irving Street Northwest NA 11-77, Washington, DC 20010, USA.
authors.forename: Jessica
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Palmer
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, MedStar Washington Hospital Center, 110 Irving Street Northwest NA 11-77, Washington, DC 20010, USA; Department of Emergency Medicine, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, USA. Electronic address: epontius@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pontius
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D000208:Acute Disease; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D006801:Humans
keywords: Abdominal pain; Diagnoses; Mimics