scaphoid abdomen

abdomen /ab·do·men/ (ab´dah-men) (ab-do´men) that part of the body lying between the thorax and the pelvis, and containing the abdominal cavity and viscera.

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acute abdomen  an acute intra-abdominal condition of abrupt onset, usually associated with pain due to inflammation, perforation, obstruction, infarction, or rupture of abdominal organs, and usually requiring emergency surgical intervention.

carinate abdomen , navicular abdomen scaphoid a.

abdomen obsti´pum  congenital shortness of the rectus abdominis muscle.

scaphoid abdomen  one whose anterior wall is hollowed, occurring in children with cerebral disease.

surgical abdomen  acute a.

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scaphoid abdomen

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See navicular abdomen.

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scaphoid abdomen,

an abdomen with a sunken anterior wall.

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scaphoid abdomen

Physical exam A hollowed anterior abdominal wall classically seen on physical exam of neonates with diaphragmatic hernia, especially through the pleuorperitoneal hiatus or foramen of Bochdalek at the periphery of the diaphragm near the attachments of the 10^th and 11^th ribs; SA also occurs in jejunal atresia and in infants with pyloric stenosis; SAs in adults may be linked to extreme weight loss–eg, terminal CA, AIDS, dementia, breavement. Cf Protuberant abdomen.