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Report of a Case With Associated Hepatic Schistosomiasis

EDUARDO P. CAFFERATA, MD; ARVIND C. MEHTA, MRCP; ROBERT A. LEVINE, MD

Arch Intern Med. 1966;118(2):172-175.

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PERFORATION of the stomach by extragastric lesions is exceedingly rare. The purpose of this report is to document gastric perforation by a primary splenic tumor unrecognized during life. This tumor presented as a splenic mass in a patient with hepatic schistosomiasis and esophageal varices, suggesting the presence of portal hypertension.

Report of a Case

A 37-year-old Puerto Rican woman was admitted because of vague left upper abdominal discomfort of two months' duration, described as an intermittent aching sensation, unrelated to meals or bowel habits. There was no history of anorexia, weight loss, vomiting, diarrhea, gastrointestinal bleeding, jaundice, or hematuria. The patient was born in Puerto Rico and lived there until the age of 18 years, when she came to the United States. At the age of 22, during the first of six uneventful pregnancies, a positive serological test for syphilis was recorded, for which she received a course of . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
BROOKLYN, NY

From the Department of Medicine, Brooklyn-Cumberland Medical Center, State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn.

Footnotes
Received for publication March 25, 1966; accepted May 12.

Reprint requests to 39 Auburn Pl, Brooklyn, NY 11205 (Dr. Levine).

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