A peculiar gallbladder mass
| Autor: | James Siu Ki Lau, Chi Kit Yuen, Pui Gay Kan |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Traditional Chinese medicine Urine Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine Epigastric pain 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Aged 80 and over Acalculous Cholecystitis business.industry Gallbladder 030208 emergency & critical care medicine General Medicine Emergency department Jaundice Tenderness medicine.anatomical_structure Emergency Medicine Vomiting Radiology medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | Emergency Medicine Journal. 36:588-607 |
| ISSN: | 1472-0213 1472-0205 |
| DOI: | 10.1136/emermed-2018-208282 |
| Popis: | An 81-year-old man with a history of hypertension and hyperlipidemia presented with epigastric pain for 3 days, which was associated with skin yellowing and vomiting. There were neither fever, diarrhoea, tea-coloured urine nor the consumption of traditional Chinese medicine or raw seafood. Examination showed jaundice and right upper quadrant tenderness. Chest X-ray and ECG were unremarkable. Urine dipstick test was 1+ for bilirubin. Figure 1 A bedside ultrasound performed in the emergency department illustrating the heterogeneous mass at the body of the gallbladder. Figure 2 In view of the persistence … |
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