Appendicitis may have abdominal pain as a symptom. Where does the abdominal pain occur?
1. Left upper quadrant
2. Right lower quadrant
3. Periumbilical
4. 2 and 3 only
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1. Pain usually is not in the upper left quadrant.
2. Advances to the right lower quadrant
3. Begins in the periumbilical area
4. Pain usually is not in the upper left quadrant. It begins in the periumbilical area.
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