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left upper quadrant

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left upper quadrant
Physical exam The region of the body containing the stomach, spleen and tail of pancreas


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For evaluation purposes, it is best to break the abdomen into four quadrants (Figure 6): right upper quadrant (RUQ), left upper quadrant (LUQ), right lower quadrant (RLQ) and left lower quadrant (LLQ).
An 80-year-old female presented to the emergency room with left upper quadrant pain after a fall, four days prior.
A 71-year-old woman presented to the emergency department at North Shore University Hospital with acute left upper quadrant abdominal pain.
 
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