Case 40141
- 8 April 1954
- journal article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 250 (14) , 608-612
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm195404082501407
Abstract
Presentation of Case First admission. A forty-four-year-old prison guard was admitted to the hospital for study.He had been seen first in the Out Patient Department eleven years previously because of intermittent nonbloody diarrhea for nine months. The stools were not bulky, foamy or foul, but numbered four or five daily. Studies included stool guaiac tests, proctoscopic examination, stool culture and barium-enema examination, all of which were negative. He was instructed to go on a bland, low-residue diet. Over the years he was seen intermittently as an outpatient. Diarrhea occurred occasionally for short periods, but the diet seemed to produce . . .Keywords
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