Retroperitoneal Mass Masquerading as Failure to Thrive in a 91-year-old Woman

Failure to thrive (FTT) is a state of overall decline. Patients often present with weight loss, poor appetite, malnutrition, and decreased physical functioning. The etiology is multifactorial including chronic diseases, functional impairments, and acute illnesses. Evaluation for reversible causes is...

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Autores principales: Ologun, Gabriel O, Yarze, Noel, Bertsch, David, Mwesige, Joseph
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2017
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General Surgery
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5757848/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29326860
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.1831
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author Ologun, Gabriel O
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description Failure to thrive (FTT) is a state of overall decline. Patients often present with weight loss, poor appetite, malnutrition, and decreased physical functioning. The etiology is multifactorial including chronic diseases, functional impairments, and acute illnesses. Evaluation for reversible causes is paramount, and treatment is aimed at maintaining or improving functional status. We present a case of a 91-year-old woman with a retroperitoneal mass that was found on workup for failure to thrive.
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spelling pubmed-57578482018-01-11 Retroperitoneal Mass Masquerading as Failure to Thrive in a 91-year-old Woman Ologun, Gabriel O Yarze, Noel Bertsch, David Mwesige, Joseph Cureus General Surgery Failure to thrive (FTT) is a state of overall decline. Patients often present with weight loss, poor appetite, malnutrition, and decreased physical functioning. The etiology is multifactorial including chronic diseases, functional impairments, and acute illnesses. Evaluation for reversible causes is paramount, and treatment is aimed at maintaining or improving functional status. We present a case of a 91-year-old woman with a retroperitoneal mass that was found on workup for failure to thrive. Cureus 2017-11-08 /pmc/articles/PMC5757848/ /pubmed/29326860 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.1831 Text en Copyright © 2017, Ologun et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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title Retroperitoneal Mass Masquerading as Failure to Thrive in a 91-year-old Woman
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title_fullStr Retroperitoneal Mass Masquerading as Failure to Thrive in a 91-year-old Woman
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title_short Retroperitoneal Mass Masquerading as Failure to Thrive in a 91-year-old Woman
title_sort retroperitoneal mass masquerading as failure to thrive in a 91-year-old woman
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5757848/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29326860
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.1831
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