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Three days after an elective cesarean section, a 35-year-old woman was transferred to Massachusetts General Hospital because of abdominal pain, fever and hypotension. The patient underwent 34...
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Ovarian Tumors in Young Women
From the Case Records of the Massachusetts General Hospital, we present Case 8-2010: A 22-Year-Old Woman with Hypercalcemia and a Pelvic Mass. Germ-cell tumors account for about 75% of ovarian tumors...
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Hypercalcemia in Children
In this week’s Case Record of the Massachusetts General Hospital is a 4-year-old boy was admitted because of a 1-week history of back pain, with sleepiness, constipation, and refusal to walk. The serum...
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Liver Failure in Children
In this week’s Case Record of the Massachusetts General Hospital, a 9-month-old boy was admitted to the hospital because of fever, diarrhea, and acute liver failure. He had been well, and the results...
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HIV in South Africa
In the latest Case Record of the Massachusetts General Hospital, a 19-year-old woman was seen in a clinic in South Africa because of headache, fatigue, sore throat, anorexia, and vaginal discharge. She...
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Androgen-Deprivation Therapy
In this week’s Case Record of the Massachusetts General Hospital, a 67-year-old man was seen because of an elevated serum level of prostate-specific antigen 18 months after radical prostatectomy and...
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Inflammatory Breast Cancer
In this week’s Case Record of the Massachusetts General Hospital, a 49-year-old woman presented with a 12-cm mass in the right breast, fixed to the chest wall. The overlying skin was erythematous and...
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Neurologic Effects of HIV
In this week’s Case Record of the Massachusetts General Hospital, a 35-year-old woman with stable HIV infection was admitted to this hospital because of headache and altered mental status. Brain...
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Travelers’ Diarrhea
In this week’s Case Record of the Massachusetts General Hospital, a 30-year-old man was seen in the emergency room because of the acute onset of diarrhea 2 days after his return from a trip to the...
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