What is your call? Persistent epigastric pain in an 80-year-old man.

Authors :: MacFadden, Derek R.
Penner, Todd P.
Gold, Wayne L.
Source :: Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ); 5/17/2011, Vol. 183 Issue 8, p925-928, 4p, 1 Color Photograph, 1 Black and White Photograph, 2 Charts
Publication Year :: 2011
Abstract: The article discusses the investigation of an 80-year-old man with persistent epigastric pain and left-sided exertional chest pain. It states that he has a first-degree atrioventricular block with sinus bradycardia as revealed by electrocardiography. It says that abdominal ultrasonography was performed, followed by contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT) of the abdomen. It says that the patient was diagnosed with liver abscesses secondary to migration of foreign body.