Case 9-1979
| Autor: | Richard C. Cabot, Robert E. Scully, James J. Galdabini, Betty U. McNeely, Arthur R. Clemett |
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| Rok vydání: | 1979 |
| Předmět: |
Weakness
medicine.medical_specialty Axillary lymph nodes medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry General surgery medicine.medical_treatment Hepatosplenomegaly Physical examination General Medicine Anorexia Jaundice Surgery medicine.anatomical_structure Laparotomy medicine medicine.symptom Presentation (obstetrics) business |
| Zdroj: | New England Journal of Medicine. 300:484-489 |
| ISSN: | 1533-4406 0028-4793 |
| DOI: | 10.1056/nejm197903013000909 |
| Popis: | Presentation of Case First admission. An 84-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital because of jaundice. She was well until three years previously, when a Billroth II operation was performed because of a duodenal ulcer with obstruction of the gastric outlet. Physical examination had revealed hepatosplenomegaly, and the liver appeared cirrhotic at laparotomy. Fourteen months before admission a modified right radical mastectomy was performed because of an infiltrating ductal carcinoma; all 16 axillary lymph nodes resected were free of tumor. During the two months before entry she experienced increasing weakness, anorexia and fatigue and lost 4.5 kg in weight. Her . . . |
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