See also
1. Acute Pelvic Pain Causes
Causes: Gastrointestinal
Causes: Vascular
1. Leaking aneurysm
Causes: Genitourinary
1. See Acute Pelvic Pain Causes
2. Ovarian Cyst or torsion
3. Ureteral Calculus (Nephrolithiasis)
4. Renal pain
5. Seminal vesiculitis
Causes: Miscellaneous
1. Psoas abscess
2. Abdominal wall hematoma
Evaluation
1. Diverticulitis suspected (e.g. fever, Diverticuli history, RLQ tenderness, rectal bleeding)
  1. Empiric treatment for Diverticulitis
  2. Consider CT abdomen with oral and IV contrast
2. Non-Diverticular cause suspected
  1. Evaluate for non-gastrointestinal cause as listed above
Imaging: Preferred
1. Abdominal CT with oral and IV contrast

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