Colonic tumour presenting as discrete upper abdominal mass
| Autor: | Tarig Adlan, Benjamin Hamilton, Chun Lap Pang |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Erythema medicine.medical_treatment Adenocarcinoma Palpation Article Laparotomy Upper abdominal mass Medicine Humans Hernia skin and connective tissue diseases Aged medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry General Medicine Right upper quadrant medicine.disease Echocardiography Doppler Color body regions surgical procedures operative medicine.anatomical_structure C-Reactive Protein Colonic Neoplasms Abdomen Radiology medicine.symptom business Tomography X-Ray Computed Abdominal surgery |
| Popis: | A 72-year-old retired museum guide presented with a discrete lump in the right upper quadrant of his abdomen, which he noticed after feeling a pull in his abdomen while heavy lifting several days prior. The lump was firm, tender and warm with overlying erythema, and was reducible on palpation and lying flat. He had no previous abdominal surgery and was clinically well. He had microcytic anaemia and C reactive protein of 127 mg/dL. The clinical differential was spontaneous hernia, … |
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