Abdominal pain, colomegaly, and jaundice from heart failure related to mitral stenosis.
Abdominal manifestations of cardiac disease may result in misleading and erroneous diagnoses. We present a case of congestive heart failure secondary to rheumatic valvular disease resulting in the appearance of an acute surgical abdomen.
Baumgartner
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Velez
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Zulim
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D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D003108:Colonic Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007565:Jaundice / Q000209:etiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000150:complications*; D012214:Rheumatic Heart Disease / Q000150:complications*