Case 33-1987: A 46-Year-Old Man with Right-Lower-Quadrant Pain and Thickening of the Wall of the Cecum

Richard C. Cabot; Robert E. Scully; Eugene J. Mark; William F. McNeely; Betty U. McNeely; Paul C. Shellito; Carolyn C. Compton

doi:10.1056/NEJM198708133170707

Case 33-1987: A 46-Year-Old Man with Right-Lower-Quadrant Pain and Thickening of the Wall of the Cecum

Richard C. Cabot, Robert E. Scully, Eugene J. Mark, William F. McNeely, Betty U. McNeely, Paul C. Shellito, Carolyn C. Compton

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Presentation of Case A 46-year-old man was admitted to the hospital because of pain in the right lower abdominal quadrant. He was well until 9 or 10 days earlier, when fever and intermittent severe periumbilical pain developed, lasted for a day or two, and then became localized in the right lower abdominal quadrant. He came to the Emergency Ward of this hospital, where moderate anemia was found. An x-ray film of the chest was normal, and an x-ray film of the abdomen showed no abnormality. Oxycodone–acetaminophen was prescribed, without relief. During the week before entry the pain was mild and.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	432-441
Number of pages	10
Journal	New England Journal of Medicine
Volume	317
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJM198708133170707
State	Published - Aug 13 1987
Externally published	Yes

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Case 33-1987: A 46-Year-Old Man with Right-Lower-Quadrant Pain and Thickening of the Wall of the Cecum

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