A 62-year-old man presented in the early morning to the Emergency Department complaining
of acute-onset epigastric and right upper quadrant pain after dinner the night prior.
He described the pain as cramping in nature and intermittent, lasting for minutes
at a time and spontaneously resolving. He denied any nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, fever,
chills, melena, or hematochezia. He had not had any pain similar to this in the past,
and while being interviewed he could feel the pain coming on in a wave-like fashion.
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: September 22, 2009
Accepted:
July 23,
2009
Received in revised form:
May 8,
2009
Received:
March 25,
2009
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