Splenic flexure syndrome is a non-life-threatening digestive system disorder associated with upper left abdominal pain and a sensation of fullness and swelling in the belly. Considered by some to ...

Abstract. A patient who presented to the emergency department with severe, recurrent abdominal pain demonstrated Chilaiditi's sign, a radiographic term for interposition of the hepatic flexure of ...

Left upper quadrant pain typically suggests pathology in the stomach, pancreas, spleen, or splenic flexure of the colon. On occasion, cardiac or pulmonary pathology can cause isolated LUQ pain.