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Query: UMLS:C0028754 (
obesity
)
124,988
document(s) hit in 31,850,051 MEDLINE articles (0.00 seconds)
An elderly obese male with a lengthy history of melanotic stools was admitted and was shown to have a posterior duodenal ulcer by endoscopy. He became obtunded and developed infected ascites. Because of his
obesity
, ascites, and inability to cooperate, the GI radiologist felt that a
Gastrografin
upper GI series would not be helpful. We therefore gave the patient 99mTc-labeled sulfur colloid and tap water through his nasogastric tube. We were able to clearly image a site of perforation at the duodenal bulb communicating with the lesser sac.
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PMID:Radionuclide detection of duodenal ulcer perforation. 271 33
