Case 6-2013: A 54-year-old man with recurrent diarrhea

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 368, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 757-765

  Simmons, Leigh H ^a,b   Guimaraes, Alexander R ^a,b   Zukerberg, Lawrence R ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; CONTRAST MEDIUM; COTRIMOXAZOLE; METRONIDAZOLE; OMEPRAZOLE; ONDANSETRON; PROCHLORPERAZINE; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; GASTRIN;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; BLASTOCYSTIS HOMINIS; BLASTOCYSTOSIS; CASE REPORT; COLONOSCOPY; DIARRHEA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DUODENUM ULCER; DYSPLASIA; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS BIOPSY; FECES ANALYSIS; GASTRINOMA; GASTROENTERITIS; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JEJUNUM ULCER; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MALE; NAUSEA; PANCREAS ADENOCARCINOMA; PANCREATIC NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM POLYP; RECURRENT DISEASE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VOMITING; WEIGHT REDUCTION; BLOOD; CARCINOMA; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL STUDY; COLON POLYP; DIAGNOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREAS TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; ZOLLINGER ELLISON SYNDROME;

BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CARCINOMA, NEUROENDOCRINE; COLONIC POLYPS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIARRHEA; GASTRINOMA; GASTRINS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; RECURRENCE; VOMITING; WEIGHT LOSS; ZOLLINGER-ELLISON SYNDROME;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84874015009     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMcpc1208149     Document Type: Article

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