The transverse colon is a segment of the large intestine that passes horizontally across the abdomen and sits beneath other organs in the abdominal cavity. As the longest and most mobile part of the ...

A patient who presented to the emergency department with severe, recurrent abdominal pain demonstrated Chilaiditi's sign, a radiographic term for interposition of the hepatic flexure of the colon ...

Stomach pain when breathing can result from injury, a hiatal hernia, pleurisy, acid reflux, and other causes. It is often a sign of damage to the muscles or tissues in the chest cavity rather than the ...