A Most Unusual Patient at the Massachusetts General Hospital
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A most unusual patient at the Massachusetts General Hospital.
This year marks 200 years of patient care at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). In celebration of this milestone, a unique Grand Rounds case is presented. A 450-year-old rotund man admitted 60 times presents with a classic triad of periumbilical pain, bilateral plantar burns, and a frozen scalp. Although this triad may at first strike a cord of familiarity among seasoned clinicians, the ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Surgery
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0003-4932
DOI: 10.1097/sla.0b013e31823a9a36