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Abdominal exploration
Abdominal film
Abdominal mass
Abdominal MRI scan
Abdominal pain
Abdominal pain diagnosis
Abdominal tap
Abdominal ultrasound
Abdominal wall fat pad biopsy
Achalasia
Acute cholecystitis
Acute pancreatitis
Alcoholic liver disease
Amebiasis
Annular pancreas
Appendectomy
Appendicitis
Autoimmune hepatitis
Bacterial gastroenteritis
Barrett’s esophagus
Bile
Bile duct obstruction
Biliary atresia
Biliary system
Bleeding esophageal varices
Blind loop syndrome
Bowel incontinence
Campylobacter enteritis
Celiac disease - sprue
Cholangiocarcinoma
Cholangitis
Choledocholithiasis
Cholera
Chronic pancreatitis
Cirrhosis
Colon cancer
Colorectal polyps
Crohn's disease
Diaphragmatic hernia
Diarrhea
Diverticulitis
Drug-induced hepatitis
Duodenum
E. coli enteritis
Enteritis
Esophageal cancer
Esophageal perforation
Esophageal spasm
Fecal impaction
Gallbladder disease
Gallstones
Gastric cancer
Gastritis
Gastritis - acute
Gastritis - chronic
Gastroesophageal reflux disease
Gastroesophageal reflux in infants
Gastrointestinal perforation
Gastroparesis
Giardiasis
Gilbert's disease
Heartburn
Helicobacter pylori
Hepatic vein obstruction (Budd-Chiari)
Hepatitis A
Hepatitis B
Hepatitis C
Hepatocellular carcinoma
Hirschsprung’s disease
Imperforate anus
Indigestion
Intestinal ischemia and infarction
Intestinal obstruction
Irritable bowel syndrome
Ischemic colitis
Malabsorption
Mallory-Weiss tear
Meckel's diverticulum
Nausea and vomiting
Necrotizing enterocolitis
Pancreas divisum
Pancreatic abscess
Pancreatic carcinoma
Pancreatic pseudocyst
Pancreatitis
Peristalsis
Primary biliary cirrhosis
Proctitis
Pseudomembranous colitis
Pyloric stenosis
Pyogenic liver abscess
Radiation enteritis
Salmonella enterocolitis
Sclerosing cholangitis
Shigellosis
Short bowel syndrome
Stress gastritis
Toxic megacolon
Tropical sprue
Ulcerative colitis
Viral gastroenteritis
The esophagus, stomach, large and small intestine, aided by the liver, gallbladder and pancreas convert the nutritive components of food into energy and break down the non-nutritive components into waste to be excreted.
Review Date: 8/10/2012
Reviewed By: David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine; and George F. Longstreth, MD, Department of Gastroenterology, Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program, San Diego, California. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M. Health Solutions, Ebix, Inc.
