ACUTE, DIFFUSE ABDOMINAL PAIN ('medical' causes)

endocrine / metabolic:

diabetic ketoacidosis

Addison's disease

uraemia

mesenteric ischaemia:

atherosclerosis with thrombosis

embolism

vasculitis

cryoglobulinaemia

sickle cell crisis

infection:

spontaneous bacterial peritonitis

CAPD peritonitis

other / miscellaneous:

acute intermittent porphyria

hereditary angio-oedema

lead and other heavy metal poisoning

carcinoid syndrome

familial Mediterranean fever

acute hepatitis

irritable bowel syndrome

acute (closed angle) glaucoma

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