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A man with intolerant vomiting.

Ya-Chin LiangTou-Yuan Tsai
Published in: Emergency medicine journal : EMJ (2020)
Case presentationA 57-year-old man was in a healthy state until 6 hours before presenting to the emergency department, when he suffered from more than 10 episodes of vomiting after a large meal at lunchtime. On physical examination, vital signs were unremarkable. Tenderness was noted over the epigastrium on palpation. Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) of the abdomen is shown in figure 1 and online supplementary video 1.DC1SP110.1136/emermed-2019-208863.supp1Supplementary video emermed;37/1/41/F1F1F1Figure 1Transverse (A) and longitudinal (B) ultrasonography of the epigastrium. QUESTION: What is the most likely diagnosis?Hypertrophic pylorus stenosisAortic dissectionSuperior mesentery artery (SMA) syndromeVolvulus For answer see page 2.
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