Journal Article10.1093/med/9780198830849.003.0003
Abdominal
Tanya Monaghan,James D. Thomas +1 more
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TL;DR: Abdominal medicine is covered in this chapter, including various conditions affecting the abdomen, such as scars, hernias, stomas, jaundice, ascites, liver and spleen enlargement, hepatic encephalopathy, autoimmune hepatitis, and kidney disease.
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Abstract: This chapter concerns abdominal medicine, and covers abdominal scars, inguinal hernia, femoral hernia, abdominal stomas, jaundice, ascites, chronic liver disease, hepatomegaly and splenomegaly, hepatic encephalopathy, autoimmune hepatitis, primary biliary cholangitis, haemochromatosis, Wilson’s disease, ulcerative colitis, Crohn’s disease, adult polycystic kidney disease, chronic kidney disease, transplanted kidney, single palpable kidney, lymphadenopathy, nephrotic syndrome, hydrocele, and varicocele.
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