The phrase "left lower abdomen" is grammatically correct and is commonly used in written English.
Example: "The patient complained of pain in her left lower abdomen, which led the doctor to suspect appendicitis."
Earnhardt sustained eight broken ribs, a broken breastbone and abrasions over the left hip and left lower abdomen, indications that the seat belt functioned properly through much of the crash, holding back Earnhardt's body, Myers said.
The main operative port was in the right lower abdomen and additional operative ports sites were located to the right and left of the navel and left lower abdomen.
A triple lumen 7 Fr., 16-cm-long Arrow®-Howe's Multi-Lumen Central Venous Catheter (Teleflex® Inc., Research Triangle Park, NC, USA) was aseptically inserted into one of four insertion sites of the superficial epigastric veins and spaced to allow one catheter per location in the right and left upper abdomen and right and left lower abdomen.
The small intestinal segments were defined with coronal T2WI sequence: duodenum, jejunum (left upper abdomen), proximal ileum (middle and left lower abdomen), distal ileum (right lower abdomen and pelvis) and terminal ileum (10 cm up to ileal valve).
Four additional (5 mm) trocars were inserted in the right and left lower abdomen.
On physical examination, the patient was tender to palpation in the left mid-lateral abdomen, left lower back, and left costovertebral region.
Abd, abdomen; LLQ, left lower quadrant; LOD, limit of detection.
After intravenous fluid rehydration, the patient's creatinine improved to 1.2 mg/dl, and a contrast CT scan of the chest, abdomen, pelvis, and left lower extremity was obtained.
Physical examination revealed a soft abdomen, with localized left lower quadrant sharp tenderness, guarding and moderate rebound on examination.
A chest radiograph showed a right hilar density and left lower lobe infiltrates; computed tomographic scan of the chest and abdomen showed bilateral micronodular opacities with right perihilar infiltrates and lymphadenopathy.
