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A Unique Presentation of Jaundice

Obstructive jaundice has many common etiologies, which might cause us to overlook diagnoses that are far worse. This is a case of a Hispanic male who presented with jaundice and worsening liver function. During his hospitalization, he was erroneously diagnosed before being diagnosed with gastric can...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Del Rio, Teresa, Santiago, Lloyd, Bansal, Raghav
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10040143/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36987485
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.35397
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Sumario:Obstructive jaundice has many common etiologies, which might cause us to overlook diagnoses that are far worse. This is a case of a Hispanic male who presented with jaundice and worsening liver function. During his hospitalization, he was erroneously diagnosed before being diagnosed with gastric cancer. Even though biliary obstruction has many common etiologies, there are cases that can’t be explained, which warrants further investigation such as malignant etiologies.