Abdominal distension is a noticeable swelling of your belly. Your abdomen (the area between your hips and chest) can grow larger ... tumors that grow in the wall of the uterus.

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are sewn in rows at the edge of the diaphragm along the patient's rib cage encircling the inside of their chest wall. After plication, the height of diaphragm is lowered by one or two ribs, helping ...

It extends from the chest to the abdomen ... This bulge in the aorta is called an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). An aneurysm is a bulge or balloon that forms in the wall of a blood vessel. An ...