Upon diagnosis of dementia, a 93-year-old woman was unable to manage her finances. Her nephew illegally spent her money, which was considered as financial abuse.The public office forcibly admitted her to our hospital as a legal measure.
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April 2002
This case report describes a ruptured pancreaticoduodenal artery aneurysm (PDAA) causing pancreatic pseudotumour and duodenal obstruction. A 59-year-old man was referred to our hospital with a chief complaint of frequent vomiting without abdominal pain. Because a mass lesion 10 cm in diameter was palpated in the right para-umbilical region and found in the head of the pancreas on computerized tomography (CT) and ultrasonography, malignant tumour of the pancreas or tumour-forming pancreatitis was strongly suspected, and further examination was performed.
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