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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/43471| Title: | A case of hydatid cyst of the liver |
| Authors: | Attard, R. Griffiths, V. G. |
| Keywords: | Echinococcosis -- Diagnosis Echinococcosis -- Treatment |
| Issue Date: | 1970 |
| Publisher: | Malta Medical Students Association |
| Citation: | Attard, R., & Griffiths, V. G. (1970). A case of hydatid cyst of the liver. Chest-piece, 3(2), 9-10. |
| Abstract: | Clinical history : "P. F. a 39 year old male labourer (case no: Cas. 15720/69) was admitted to M. S. 11 on the 8th September 1969 at 6.45 a.m. with a 10 hour history of moderate hypogastric pain and some nausea, but no vomiting. The pain came of suddenly and was not colicky but constant. He was obese, ill but not shocked, mildly dyspnoeic and slightly icteric. The abdomen was somewhat distended and fixed mass palpable in the epigastrium, not very tender. No lymphadenopathy. The day after admission some pyrexia and sweating was recorded which later lasted a few days. (see temperature chart 1). PuIse was 142/min, respiratory rate 25/min. BP. 170/110. |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/43471 |
| Appears in Collections: | Chest-piece, volume 3, issue 2 Chest-piece, volume 3, issue 2 |
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