Left upper quadrant pain typically suggests pathology in the stomach, pancreas, spleen, or splenic flexure of the colon. On occasion, cardiac or pulmonary pathology can cause isolated LUQ pain.

The abdomen is divided into four sections called quadrants. An abdominal mass may occur in the right upper quadrant, left upper quadrant, right lower quadrant, or left lower quadrant. The stomach ...

diverticulitis most often happens in the last part of your colon which is in your lower left abdomen. People of Asian descent may feel it in the upper-right quadrant instead, however. The pain of ...