An unexpected abdominal tumour in an elderly woman

Abdominal Challenging Image in an Elderly Woman

Address for Correspondence: Dr. Vitorino Modesto dos Santos, Armed Forces Hospital, Brasilia-DF, Brazil Phone: +55-61 39662103 e-mail: [email protected] Received: 14 September 2016 Accepted: 6 January 2017 • DOI: 10.4274/balkanmedj.2016.1364 Available at www.balkanmedicaljournal.org Cite this article as: Santos VM, Menezes FEF. Abdominal Challenging Image in an Elderly Woman. Balkan Med...

Abdominal pain and vomiting in an elderly diabetic woman

Gall stone ileus is a mechanical bowel obstruction caused by passage of gall stones from the biliary system through a biliaryenteric fistula with impaction within lumen of the bowel. It is an uncommon complication of biliary stone disease, accounting for only 2% of all cases of intestinal obstruction. Gall stone ileus is, however, more common in the elderly and accounts for approximately 25% of...

Abdominal pain and vomiting in an elderly diabetic woman.

A 82 year old white woman was admitted with a history of heartburn nausea and vomiting of three days’ duration. She also complained of pain in her lower abdomen. She was being treated for type 2 diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and atrial fibrillation. Her medication consisted of metformin, tolbutamide, digoxin, aspirin, and bendrofluazide. She had previously had an ultrasound scan of her abdom...

An unexpected abdominal mass.

An intra-abdominal tumour.

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