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Raymond A. Berke, MD

JAMA. 1970;213(12):2069-2070.

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DR. LARRY J. SEVERSON: This 68-year-old woman was in relatively good health, except for rheumatoid arthritis, until approximately two months before admission. At that time she began to notice abdominal pains which were described as being sharp, intermittent, and nonradiating. She did find that the pain was relieved by certain bland foods. At the time of admission, she was having some midepigastric pain. The results of the physical examination were essentially normal; there was no palpable abdominal mass. Laboratory data were nonspecific, with the exception of a hematocrit value of 26% and a reticulocyte count of 2.2%. At this point, she had an upper-gastrointestinal tract examination (Figure).

Discussion

DR. LAURENCE L. ROBBINS: Dr. Dreyfuss, what do you think?

DR. JACK R. DREYFUSS: Was the patient taking salicylates?

DR. SEVERSON: She was taking them intermittently for the past two months.

DR. DREYFUSS: She seems to have two ulcers located on the . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
From the weekly X-ray Seminar, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.

Footnotes
Reprint requests to Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston 02114 (Dr. Laurence L. Robbins).

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