Question

Where might acute cholecystitis (AKA inflammed gallbladder) cause referred pain?

Accepted Answer

It may cause pain in the right shoulder, because the autonomic nerves serving the gallbladder lie near the spinal cord, at the same anatomic level as the spinal sensory nerves that supply the skin of the shoulder.

Front	Where might acute cholecystitis (AKA inflammed gallbladder) cause referred pain?
Back	It may cause pain in the right shoulder, because the autonomic nerves serving the gallbladder lie near the spinal cord, at the same anatomic level as the spinal sensory nerves that supply the skin of the shoulder.

Nerves Spinal Acute Cholecystitis Aka Inflammed Gallbladder Referred