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Right iliac fossa pain (RIF)

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Causes of right iliac fossa pain include:

  • acute appendicitis
  • mesenteric adenitis in the young
  • leaking duodenal ulcer
  • diverticulitis
  • pelvic inflammatory disease
  • salpingitis
  • ureteric colic
  • inflamed Meckel's diverticulum
  • ectopic pregnancy
  • Crohn's disease
  • biliary disease, if the gall bladder is low-lying

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