A 53-year-old man presented to our Emergency Department complaining of right upper
quadrant pain and anorexia of 1 day's duration. He had no significant medical or surgical
history. There was no history of diabetes mellitus. He was unaware of having any gallstones,
and had no previous biliary symptoms. On presentation he was afebrile, with stable
vital signs, but with a persistent sinus tachycardia of 120–130 beats/min. The right
upper quadrant was tender to palpation with a positive Murphy's sign.
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Publication history
Published online: October 09, 2009
Accepted:
August 23,
2009
Received in revised form:
July 15,
2009
Received:
December 10,
2008
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