Pain on the right side of the abdomen under the ribs is a common complaint. We’ve all felt it at some point. The pain may be sharp or dull. Perhaps it was sudden or slowly crept up on you. At the ...

A man aged 58 years has a history significant for hypertension, obesity, Barrett’s esophagus and reflux. He reports intermittent, dull, right-upper-quadrant (RUQ) pain below the ribs when he lies on ...

CLINICAL findings and laboratory tests frequently fail to indicate accurately the pathologic status of the gall bladder in acute cholecystitis. Gangrene with incipient or actual perforation may exist ...

A sixty-five-year-old woman entered the hospital complaining of abdominal pain. For two years before admission she had had an intermittent dull ache in the right upper quadrant. The pain occasionally ...