Symptom: Abdominal mass
Abdominal mass: Abdominal swelling with hard mass felt
Detailed cause information for symptom: Abdominal mass:
Medical articles on symptoms: These general medical articles may be of interest:
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Abdominal mass type of: Abdominal swelling (70)
Symptoms: symptom center, symptom groups, symptom descriptions
Possible causes of symptom: Abdominal mass: The following medical conditions are some of the possible causes of Abdominal mass as a symptom. There are likely to be other possible causes, so ask your doctor about your symptoms.
- Abdominal swelling - see other causes of abdominal swelling
- Enlarged organs may seem like an abdominal mass:
- Splenomegaly
- Hepatomegaly
- Swollen bladder
- Enlarged gallbladder - see gallbladder disorders
- Enlarged kidney
- Enlarged pancreas
- Enlarged liver
- Enlarged uterus (see Uterus symptoms)
- Umbilical hernia (type of Hernia) - mainly in infants and children.
- Inguinal hernia
- Femoral hernia
- Aortic aneurysm
- Spleen disorder - if it causes a swollen spleen:
- Chronic myeloid leukemia
- Malaria
- Kala-azar
- Myelofibrosis
- See also the many causes of swollen spleen (splenomegaly) although not all swollen spleens are felt as a hard abdominal mass
- Colorectal cancer
- Ovary disorder
- Pancreas disorder - if it causes an enlarged pancreas:
- Pancreatitis
- Acute pancreatitis
- Pancreatic pseudocyst
- Pancreatic cancer
- Stomach disorder
- Appendicitis - an abdominal mass may occur but is not a common symptom of appendicitis.
- Kidney disorders - if they cause a swollen kidney:
- Polycystic kidney disease
- Kidney tumor
- Urinary obstruction (see Lack of urine)
- Liver disease - if it causes swollen liver:
- Hepatitis
- Cirrhosis of the liver
- Liver cancer
- Hydatid disease
- See also causes of hepatomegaly
- Uterus disorder
- Uterine cancer
- See other causes of abdominal swelling, or abdominal symptoms
Conditions listing symptoms: Abdominal mass: The following list of conditions have 'Abdominal mass' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.
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