Case 51-1990

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Presentation of CaseA 57-year-old man with hepatic cirrhosis and ascites was admitted to the hospital because of the recent onset of proteinuria and microhematuria.The patient was a construction laborer who was disabled by degenerative joint disease of the lumbosacral spine. Five years before admission he came to this hospital because of a nonpruritic rash on his legs that he first noticed three years previously. The patient had emigrated from Italy several years earlier. He had had jaundice at the age of 20 years and gave a long history of alcohol abuse that involved 3 gal (11 liters) of . . .