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Re: What is right upper quadrant pain?

From: Lynn D. Montgomery, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 9 Nov 2000 10:14:55 -0600 (CST)

At Thu, 9 Nov 2000, arc wrote: >
>What is right upper quadrant pain?
>Is it a symptom of pre-eclasmpia?
>Thanks for any replies.

arc, Right upper quadrant abdominal pain is most commonly referred to in reference to pregnancy as that pain which results from swelling of the liver associated with severe preeclampsia, causing distention of the liver capsule and subsequently pain in the upper right abdomen... Lynn 

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Lynn D. Montgomery, MD
Director, Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Rocky Mountain Perinatal Center
Missoula, Montana


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