Other conditions with symptoms similar to appendicitis
Pain in the lower right quadrant
of the abdomen often indicates appendicitis. But other conditions can cause pain in this area. They include:
- Inflammation of the lining of the stomach and intestines (acute gastroenteritis).
- Inflammation of the lymph nodes in the stomach (mesenteric adenitis).
- Pelvic inflammatory disease.
- Ectopic pregnancy.
- An ovarian cyst or ovarian torsion.
- Crohn's disease.
- Diverticulitis.
- An inflamed pouch of tissue in the ileum of the small intestine (Meckel's diverticulum).
- Bowel obstruction.
- Cancer.
- Kidney stones.
- Urinary tract infection, including kidney infection.
- Intussusception.
| Author: | Alison Allen Monica Rhodes | Last Updated: June 30, 2009 |
| Medical Review: | Kathleen Romito, MD - Family Medicine Brent Shoji, MD - General Surgery Donald Sproule, MD, CM, CCFP, FCFP - Family Medicine | |
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