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RUQ
(redirected from Right upper quadrant)

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RUQRight Upper Quadrant (medicine)
RUQRifle Unqualified


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An ultrasound examination of the right upper quadrant showed hepatosplenomegaly and a thickened gall bladder wall without evidence of cholelithiasis.
Atypical Q fever in US soldiers by Hartzell, Joshua D.; Peng, Suzette W.; Wood-Morris, Robert N.; Sarmiento, Dennis M.; Collen, Jacob F / Emerging Infectious Diseases
Because of severe right upper quadrant abdominal pain and significant deterioration of the liver function tests (LFTs) on the first postoperative day, the patient underwent a Doppler ultrasound scan which showed absence of blood flow at the level of porta hepatis.
Emergency liver resection for combined biliary and vascular injury ... by Kouraklis, Gregorios / Southern Medical Journal
2) Their common clinical features are obstructive jaundice, cholangitis, weight loss, and right upper quadrant pain.
Cholangiocarcinoma metastatic to the neck: first report of a case by Stack, Brendan C., Jr. / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal
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