Case records of the Massachusetts General Hospital: A 36-year-old man with right-lower-quadrant pain of two years' duration

A computed tomographic (CT) scan of the abdomen and pelvis (Figure 3 ), obtained after the oral administration of contrast material, disclosed a tubular soft-tissue structure that extended medially from the cecum behind the terminal ileum. The sparse additional history includes intermittent pain in...

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Published inThe New England journal of medicine Vol. 334; no. 13; p. 849
Main Authors Cabot, Richard C, Scully, Robert E, Mark, Eugene J, McNeely, William F, Ebeling, Sally H, Ottinger, LW, Ozdemirli, M
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Boston Massachusetts Medical Society 28.03.1996
Subjects
Abdomen
Inflammatory bowel disease
Medical diagnosis
Pain
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Summary:A computed tomographic (CT) scan of the abdomen and pelvis (Figure 3 ), obtained after the oral administration of contrast material, disclosed a tubular soft-tissue structure that extended medially from the cecum behind the terminal ileum. The sparse additional history includes intermittent pain in the right testis, a diagnosis of hemochromatosis documented by several tests, apparently normal bowel function throughout the illness, and a family history of hemochromatosis and inflammatory bowel disease.
ISSN:0028-4793
1533-4406