CT of Acute Abdomen

Epigastric Pain series 3 EXPERT COURSE [EE Case 13]

EE Case 13 (10mm slice): A 49-year-old male with occasional epigastric pain for two months. He started vomiting coffee-ground-like gastric juice one week ago, and noticed several episodes of tarry stools on the previous day. One hour ago, suddenly severe epigastric pain occurred. Temperature: 37.3 degrees Celsius. Physical examination revealed tenderness in the entire abdomen with board-like rigidity.

















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