Retroperitoneal Perforation of the Duodenum
| Autor: | Gordon J. Culver, Edward C. Koenig |
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| Rok vydání: | 1947 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Right upper quadrant pain Duodenum Nausea business.industry Perforation (oil well) Heartburn Indigestion Surgery medicine.anatomical_structure Upper abdominal pain medicine Vomiting Humans Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Retroperitoneal Space medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | Radiology. 48:164-167 |
| ISSN: | 1527-1315 0033-8419 |
| DOI: | 10.1148/48.2.164 |
| Popis: | A discussion of retroperitoneal perforations, with a report of two cases, was published from this department in December 1944 (Jacobs, Culver, and Koenig). Since that time, a third case, diagnosed by roentgen examination and subsequently proved by surgical exploration, has been studied. A report of this third case is made to demonstrate further the validity of the x-ray findings which were discussed in the earlier article. Case Report A 60-year-old obese Italian female was admitted to the hospital about 8:00 p.m., Oct. 5, 1945, complaining of nausea, vomiting, and severe right upper abdominal pain. She gave a history of abdominal distress, heartburn, and nausea for the past twenty years, with acute episodes once or twice each year. She had had a very severe attack about seven years previously, at which time she was in bed for three weeks and required morphine for relief of right upper quadrant pain. Indigestion had been worse than usual for two weeks prior to admission. The present attack began two days b... |
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