title: [The fatal disease of Napoleon Bonaparte].
abstract: Napoleon Bonaparte, soldier, general and emperor, desired the European union. He abdicated twice and in 1814 was confined to Santa Helena island. From the biographic description of bis last exile, we have extracted a description of the disease that lead him to die. We postulate that he had a gastric lymphoma.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Cirugía Digestiva, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Espinoza
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: González
mesh_terms: D005197:Famous Persons; D005602:France; D006076:Government; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000266:history*; D008297:Male; D008889:Military Personnel / Q000266:history*; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000266:history*