Publikation

[Abdominal pain without any identifiable cause: a guide for the general practitioner]

Wissenschaftlicher Artikel/Review - 01.08.2011

Bereiche
PubMed
DOI

Zitation
Fahrner R, Gueller U. [Abdominal pain without any identifiable cause: a guide for the general practitioner]. Ther Umsch 2011; 68:456-8.
Art
Wissenschaftlicher Artikel/Review (Deutsch)
Zeitschrift
Ther Umsch 2011; 68
Veröffentlichungsdatum
01.08.2011
ISSN (Druck)
0040-5930
Seiten
456-8
Kurzbeschreibung/Zielsetzung

Abdominal pain without any identifiable cause represents a frequent phenomenon in clinical practice and a challenge for the physician. Prior to establishing the diagnosis of non-specific abdominal pain it is crucial to exclude a variety of potential causes. The differential diagnosis is long and includes functional problems but also extra-intestinal pathologies including thoracic, neurogenic, and metabolic causes as well as intoxications. Moreover, an intra-abdominal pathology, particularly a malignancy, must be ruled out systematically prior to labeling a patient as having "non specific" abdominal pain.