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Presentation of Case

A 67-year-old man was admitted to the hospital because of fever and dyspnea.

The patient had a long history of insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, hypertension, chronic renal failure, and coronary artery disease, culminating in the transplantation of a cadaveric kidney five months before admission. Microscopical examination of the excised kidney showed end-stage disease consistent with diabetic nephropathy. The hematocrit was 30.2 percent, the white-cell count was 17,900 per cubic millimeter, the platelet count was 203,000 per cubic millimeter, and the mean corpuscular volume was 90 µm³. The vitamin B₁₂ level was at the low end of the normal range, and . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Differential Diagnosis

Clinical Diagnosis

Dr. Richard M. Stone's Diagnosis

Pathological Discussion

Anatomical Diagnoses

References

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