Case 2-2010: A 47-year-old man with abdominal and flank pain

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 362, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 254-262

  Isselbacher, Eric M ^a,b   Kligerman, Seth J ^a,b   Lam, Kaitlyn M ^a,b   Hurtado, Rocio M ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; CHAGAS DISEASE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FLANK PAIN; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ANEURYSM; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; KIDNEY INFARCTION; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL STUDY; DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART ANEURYSM; INFARCTION; KIDNEY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; VASCULARIZATION;

ANTITRYPANOSOMAL AGENT; NIFURTIMOX;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; CHAGAS CARDIOMYOPATHY; CHAGAS DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FLANK PAIN; HEART ANEURYSM; HUMANS; INFARCTION; KIDNEY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIFURTIMOX; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRYPANOCIDAL AGENTS;

EID: 74849086615     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMcpc0905548     Document Type: Article

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