SONOGRAPHIC FINDINGS IN PATIENTS WITH NON TRAUMATIC UPPER ABDOMINAL PAIN AT SELECTED DIAGNOSTIC CENTRES, IN IBADAN, OYO STATE, NIGERIA

Abstract

Abstract This research was aimed at evaluating the usefulness of ultrasonography in the diagnosis and management of upper abdominal pain. A retrospective study was done on sonographic findings in patients with non traumatic upper abdominal pain at Beaconhealth and Funbell diagnostic centres, Ibadan, Nigeria. A total of 236 patients that were scanned for upper abdominal pain from March, 2023 to March, 2024 were studied. The sonographic reports showed that fatty liver is the highest sonographic findings in patients with upper abdominal pain with a total number of 50 (21.18%), followed by hepatitis 36(15.25%), pyelonephritis 30(12.71%), hydrohephrosis 19(8.05%), Splenomegaly 14(5.93%), 10(4.23%) each for cholecystitis and normal studies and PUD, renal stone 8(3.38%), glomerulonephritis 7(2.96%), renal failure 4(1.69%), pancreatitis 3(1.27%), gall bladder sludge 2(0.88%), 1(0.42%) each for multiple hepatic cyst, liver mass and poly cystic kidney. It was also found that 31-35years age group was mostly affected with upper abdominal pain and 0-5 years age group was the least affected. Finally, the incidence of upper abdominal pain was greater in female than in male.