Causes of abdominal mass

Causes of abdominal mass in Right iliac fossa
  • Appendicular mass
  • Ileocaecal tuberculosis
  • Amoebiasis caecum
  • Ca caecum
  • Crohn's disease
  • Psoas abscess
  • Pelvic kidney
  • Ovarian tumor/cyst
Causes of abdominal mass in Left iliac fossa
  • Loaded colon with faeces
  • Ca sigmoid or descending colon
  • Diverticulitis
  • Psoas abscess
  • Ovarian tumor/cyst
Causes of abdominal mass in Upper abdomen
  • Ca stomach
  • Pseudopancreatic cyst
  • Retroperitoneal lymphadenopathv
  • Abdominal aortic aneurysm
  • Pyloric stenosis
  • Ca transverse colon
  • Causes of abdominal masses in pelvis
  • Ovarian tumor/cyst
  • Uterus - Pregnancy/fibroid 
  • Distended urinary bladder
Causes of anterior abdominal wall mass
  • Lipoma, sebaceous cyst
  • Dermoid, fibroma
  • Malignant deposit
  • Hernia - Epigastric, incisional, umbilical,
  • Paraumbilical Hematoma
Causes of cystic masses in the abdomen
  • Epigastrium - Pseudopancreatic cyst
  • Right hypochondrium - Hydatid cyst – liver
  • Lumbar regions - Hydronephrosis and renal cyst
  • Umbilical region - Mesenteric cyst
  • Iliac fossae - Ovarian cyst