What does LUQ stand for?

Left Upper Quadrant (medicine)

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Samples in periodicals archive:

CASE REPORTS Case 1 The patient is 23-year-old male sailor of mixed race (Caucasian and African American parents) with sickle cell trait who presented to the hospital 1 day after developing progressive left upper quadrant pain with radiation to the back while climbing Mount Fuji.

Splenic Syndrome: A Rare Indication for Splenectomy

The "double-bubble" sign represents dilatation of the stomach in the left upper quadrant and the proximal duodenum in the right upper quadrant.

Radiological case of the month: Charles E. Lohr, III, MD; Todd Emch, ...

Next, 12-mm umbilical, 5-mm right upper quadrant, 5-mm left lower quadrant, and 15-mm left upper quadrant trocars were placed.

Laparoscopic Transgastric Endoscopy after Roux-en-Y GB

This finding led to a sonogram and eventually a computed tomographic scan, which revealed a large retroperitoneal complex mass in the left upper quadrant of the abdomen (Figure 1).

Pathologic Quiz Case: Large Retroperitoneal Mass in an Asymptomatic ...

The ZigZag Pond ripple was applied at 15% and has maximum distortion in the left upper quadrant with two options being Around or Out from Center (and variable ridge counts), here yielding a "James Arness" parody.

Filters - those that distort

The resulting relationship of small bowel and colon creates a wide mesenteric root, fixed in the left upper quadrant and in the right lower quadrant.

The vomiting infant: surgical causes of emesis

A 43-year-old woman was hospitalized for a detailed examination due to pancytopenia, which was diagnosed during an examination related to left upper quadrant abdominal pain.

A case of inflammatory pseudotumor in the spleen

On a chronic basis the patient experienced left upper quadrant discomfort with nausea and vomiting 1 to 3 times per day.

Pathologic Quiz Case: Chronic Pneumonia After Gastrectomy