Solve exciting clinical cases specific to your field of interest via Docplexus’ Clinical Case Challenge. Join your fellow doctors to discuss and answer today’s challenge! Case presentation A 65-year-old patient presented to the emergency department of a hospital with severe abdominal pain for two days. The pain was burning, non-radiating, and aggravated after food intake. Patient history The patient had been on proton pump therapy for two years to treat indigestion with moderate pain relief.
Chronic abdominal pain reduced his appetite with a weight loss of more than 15 kg. The patient had a long history of hypertension, dyslipidemia, diabetes mellitus, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and was on medication for these comorbidities. He had a history of tonsillectomy and helicobacter pylori gastritis a few years back, which was successfully treated with triple therapy. A family…
