{"title":"Vomiting Associated with Rapid Weight Loss.","authors":"Yusaku Kajihara","doi":"10.4068/cmj.2023.59.2.140","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"An 82-year-old woman with advanced Alzheimer’s dis-ease presented to the gastroenterology department with vomiting. At presentation, her vital signs were normal. However, her upper abdomen was distended. Fifteen months previously, she underwent surgery for right femo-ral neck fracture. Although the postoperative course was good, her daily living activities decreased. In addition, with a height of 158.0 cm, she experienced severe weight loss of 19.2 kg in the last 15 months (from 54.2 kg to 35.0 kg). Abdominal computed","PeriodicalId":10307,"journal":{"name":"Chonnam Medical Journal","volume":"59 2","pages":"140"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2023-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/5d/10/cmj-59-140.PMC10248392.pdf","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Chonnam Medical Journal","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.4068/cmj.2023.59.2.140","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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An 82-year-old woman with advanced Alzheimer’s dis-ease presented to the gastroenterology department with vomiting. At presentation, her vital signs were normal. However, her upper abdomen was distended. Fifteen months previously, she underwent surgery for right femo-ral neck fracture. Although the postoperative course was good, her daily living activities decreased. In addition, with a height of 158.0 cm, she experienced severe weight loss of 19.2 kg in the last 15 months (from 54.2 kg to 35.0 kg). Abdominal computed