Evaluation of Underlying Causes of Epigastric Pain Using Abdominal Ultrasonography

Abstract

This cross sectional descriptive study was carried out at Iskan medical center and Elgref garb ultrasound departments in Khartoum state Sudan during the period from September to December 2018. The aims of the study are to find the underlying causes of epigastric pain .The study evaluated the epigastric pain using the standard abdominal ultrasound scan including gall bladder, liver, pancreas and spleen to determine the findings that may cause epigastric pain, as well as to assess most common affected age and gender . The study was done on 69 participants complaining of epigastric pain. The results showed that the females were suffering from pain more than males, the most affected age group was 34-45 years and 52.2% of patients have history of epigastric pain. The causes of epigastric pain was found to be: the gallbladder pathologies most common cause of epigastric pain constituting 61.3% ,(cholelithiasis 54.8% ,Gallbladder sludge 6.5%), fatty liver 19.4%, and splenomegaly 6.5%. The study also revealed that ultrasound had ability to evaluate and detect the causes of epigastric pain and the standard ultrasound examination for abdomen is recommended to be done for every patient suffering from epigastric pain.