1. Un hallazgo inesperado en hipocondrio derecho.
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M. A., Gutiérrez-Pantoja, F., Soriano-Navarro, M., Romano, F., Cordido-Henriquez, P., Vallejo-Desviat, and P., Molina-López-Nava
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HOSPITAL emergency services ,ABDOMINAL pain ,FEVER ,GALLSTONES ,INGUINAL hernia ,GALLBLADDER - Abstract
A 90-years-old man comes to the emergency department with diffuse abdominal pain and fever three days. On physical examination, the abdomen is soft and depressible with air-fluid sound present and bilateral reductible inguinal hernias. A mass is palpated at the level of the roght hypochondrium with a positive Murphy's sign whitout signs of peritoneal irritation. An abdominal CT with intravenous contrast is requested due to the suspicion of acute abdominal pathology, observing cholelithiasis and a markedly distended gallbladder with torsion. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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