A Sweet Source of Abdominal Pain

Posted by Karen Buckley • April 14th, 2011

Our latest Interactive Medical Case, “A Sweet Source of Abdominal Pain,” is now available.

A 25-year old woman presented to her primary care physician for evaluation of abdominal pain. Her abdominal discomfort began six months earlier, and was localized to the right upper quadrant. She described a constant pressure unrelated to food intake and associated with intermittent nausea and vomiting. She denied hematochezia, melena, dysphagia, anorexia, increase in abdominal girth . . .

Learn interactively, get immediate feedback, and compare your performance with that of others.  Video, animation, and interactive content allow you to delve into the case. You may sign in to the site to save your work. CME credits are also available by taking the exam at the end of the case. CME exams associated with Interactive Medical Cases are worth up to 2 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.

You may also wish to try one of our previous Interactive Medical Cases: Lying Low, A Crazy Cause of Dyspnea, Bitter Pills, Hard to Conceive, A Rash Hypothesis, The Beat Goes On, Stalking the Diagnosis, Painful Purple Toes, A Crisis in Late Pregnancy, A Bloody Mystery, and The Writing on the Wall.

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