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Presentation of Case

A 79-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital because of anorexia, weight loss, dehydration, and diarrhea.

The patient had been well until six months earlier, when anorexia developed. Six weeks before admission, diarrhea began. Five weeks before entry, the anorexia worsened, and the patient began to subsist on liquids and small amounts of solid foods. One week before admission she stopped eating solids. She became increasingly weak. On examining her, her physician found only emaciation. Laboratory tests were performed. The creatinine, glucose, calcium, phosphorus, and alkaline phosphatase concentrations were normal. The results of other laboratory tests are given in Table . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Differential Diagnosis

Clinical Diagnosis

Dr. Alan Epstein's Diagnosis

Pathological Discussion

Anatomical Diagnoses

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