Bauchschmerzen: Fachinternistischer Zugang/Differenzialdiagnostik

Abstract

This article presents differential diagnoses for abdominal pain in table form, according to the location of clinically relevant pain: right upper abdomen, epigastrium, left upper abdomen, central abdomen, right lower abdomen, central lower abdomen, left lower abdomen, flanks or the entire abdomen, including also the abdominal wall and the thorax, as abdominal pain can also radiate to these regions. Differential diagnoses, additional signs and symptoms and tests for confirming the diagnosis are specified for each pain location. We also distinguish between acute, subacute and chronic pain and, where relevant, between abdominal pain with and without abdominal tenderness.