Cancer. Cancers that often cause abdominal masses include: colon cancer; kidney cancer; liver cancer; stomach cancer; Diseases. Certain diseases may also cause abdominal masses. These diseases include: Crohnâs disease â an inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) that causes inflammation of your digestive track lining
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Diabase is the preferred name in North America, dolerite is the preferred name in most of the rest of the world, where sometimes the name diabase is applied to altered dolerites, though many petrologists prefer the name microgabbro to avoid this confusion.