Acute Abdominal Pain in Pregnancy: A Rare Life-Threatening Condition
Acute abdominal pain during pregnancy has a broad differential diagnosis, and the diagnostic workup in the emergency department can be challenging, often requiring coordination across multiple specialties. Multidisciplinary collaboration involving surgery, gynecology/obstetrics, and maternal-fetal medicine is essential in selected cases to ensure timely diagnosis and appropriate management. We present the case of a pregnant woman with acute left flank abdominal pain, notable for its diagnostic complexity in the emergency department, the interdisciplinary decision‑making required, its subsequent management, its final diagnosis, and the potential underlying etiology.
Authors
- Ahmed Alaa Kassem (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5783-5215)
- Waleed Salem (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0076-0088)
- Yaser Aljaro
- Salah Almughalles
Publication Details
- Journal
- Cureus
- Published
- 2026-03-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.104560
- Primary Topic
- Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00