"Medical Journeys" is a set of clinical resources reviewed by physicians, meant for the medical team as well as the patients they serve. Each episode of this journey through a disease state contains ...

A 4-year-old boy presented with a left abdominal mass noted by his caregiver. This patient had a left undescended testicle repaired at 2 years of age and a clinically normal right testicle. His growth ...

Diverticulitis, gas, and IBS are common causes of lower left abdominal pain. Kidney stones, ectopic pregnancy, or testicular torsion are more severe causes of abdominal pain. Consult a healthcare ...

We instinctively shield our abdomen when we are physically threatened, and we may feel vulnerable when someone puts his or her hand on our bare abdomen. Therefore, with an abdominal examination the ...

A case was recently reported in a medical journal where a clump of hair was discovered in the stomach of a 6-year-old girl ...

Obesity and risk classification for recurrence in clinically localized prostate cancer. Background: Increased visceral adiposity has been proposed as a risk factor for prostate cancer and a greater ...