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Images of Memorable Cases: Case 19

Module by: Herbert L. Fred, MD, Hendrik A. van Dijk. E-mail the authorsEdited By: Frederick Moody

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Case_19-pres1-1.jpg

Plain abdominal radiograph of an 84-year-old woman who presented with a three-month history of diffuse abdominal pain and weight loss of 40 pounds. On physical examination, she had a hard, nontender, baseball- sized mass in the right upper abdominal quadrant.

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