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A 47-Year-Old Man With Acute Epigastric Pain
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A 47-year-old man presents to the ED with severe, intermittent, gaslike epigastric pain and mild nausea. The abdominal examination reveals exquisite tenderness in the epigastric and bilateral upper quadrant regions, with focal rebound tenderness and guarding. The patient denies having any other abdominal symptoms, and all laboratory investigations are normal. What is the cause of the patient’s acute abdominal pain? eMedicine Case Presentations
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A 52-Year-Old Woman With Depressed Mentation
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A 52-year-old woman accompanied by a family member presents with a 5-day history of headaches, lethargy, nausea, blurred vision, and possible gait disturbance. The patient has a history of breast cancer. Over the course of the office visit, the patient’s neurologic function deteriorates. An emergent CT scan of the head is obtained. What is the reason for the patient’s altered mental status? eMedicine Case Presentations
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