What's the difference between epigastrium and praecordia?
Epigastrium
Definition:
(n.) The upper part of the abdomen.
Example Sentences:
(1) The fulminant collection of pseudopolyps was palable in the epigastrium on physical exam and caused a partial obstruction to the retrograde flow of barium.
(2) The carrier state was accompanied by intermittent pain in the epigastrium, diminished appetite, diarrhoea etc.
(3) A 45-year-old man was reported who experienced rapid rhythmic nodding of his head and equally rapid contractions in his epigastrium, which participated by certain psychic situations.
(4) The patient, a 33 year old male, had suffered from swelling of the chest, neck and face for 4 months; palpitation, chest and epigastrium pain, cough and yellowish sputum for 10 days before admission into our hospital.
(5) Within a short time the pain shifted to the right epigastrium, became more intensive (with deterioration during inspiration) and concurrently the patient developed marked muscular tension in the whole right upper abdominal quadrant.
(6) Five, however, later had return of pain, but only to the right epigastrium.
(7) A palpable, hard, uneven mass was found in the epigastrium.
(8) Whole-body scanning, carried out in connection with administration of radioiodine for ablation of remaining thyroid tissue, disclosed an unexpected area of increased uptake in the epigastrium.
(9) For several weeks a 27-year-old man had experienced a pressure sensation and noticed a spherical area of resistance in the epigastrium.
(10) A longitudinal scan from an intercostal space in the mid-axillary line and a right-anterior-transverse scan from the intercostal space were useful in displaying the right adrenal, and an anterior-transverse scan from the epigastrium was also useful in showing the left adrenal.
(11) The majority of bruitswere in the epigastrium, mainly because of a high incidence of celiac artery stenosis usually of the extrinsic compression type.
(12) Bleeding from sinuses in the chest wall or epigastrium or repeated hemoptysis were important clinical clues.
(13) A significant disproportionate effect on the epigastrium, predicted by the choice of acupuncture points, was found for tolerances but not thresholds.
(14) US found dilated intestinal loops and a septate cystic mass in epigastrium.
(15) The impedance of the epigastrium to a 4 mA, 100 KHz AC current increases while liquids of low electrical conductivity are being drunk.
(16) In the superior mesenteric artery syndrome which may complicate extensive burns, a systolic murmur may be heard in the epigastrium when the patient is supine but not when he is prone.
(17) Typical symptoms are acute gastro-intestinal bleeding, chronic gastric pain and palpable tumour in the epigastrium with relatively good general condition.
(18) Out of oxyfedrine++ side effects known up to the present (mild agitation, stupor, heat sensation, pains in the epigastrium++, skin allergy) 24 cases of ageusia appearing usually after 4 weeks of treatment with oxyfedrine++ were presented.
(19) The authors found with neonatal ultrasound screening a cyst in the epigastrium sized 45 x 18 x 36 mm.
(20) On grounds of the case history, the presence of a murmur in the epigastrium, and symptoms of involvement of other arteries it may be assumed that the abdominal abnormalities are of vascular origin.
Praecordia
Definition:
(n.) The front part of the thoracic region; the epigastrium.