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View larger version (148K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Figure 1. A 77-year-old man presented with fever, jaundice, and pain in the right upper quadrant. In the past, he had had a permanent pacemaker implanted and had undergone a right hemicolectomy for adenocarcinoma of the colon and partial resection of the small intestine for acute mesenteric arterial occlusion. On examination, he had a temperature of 37.4°C, a pulse of 70 per minute, and a blood pressure of 140/80 mm Hg. There was tenderness on palpation of the right upper quadrant, without rebound tenderness or guarding. The results of laboratory tests were as follows: white-cell count, 5700 per cubic . . . [Full Text of this Article]

 

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