SHORT CASE

​A 50 year old male patient with abdominal pain 

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CHIEF COMPLAINT 

A 50 year old male farmer by occupation came to casualty with chief complaint of abdominal pain since 1 month 

HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS 

Patient was apparently asymptomatic one month back oand then developed  pain on 4 dec abdominal pain on in right hypochondric region and epigastric region and and associated with pain and discomfort after having food

Pain episode :20 minutes 

No history of shortness of breath

No history of vomiting 

No history of diarrhoea 

No history of loss of Apetite 

No history of blood in stools 

HISTORY OF PAST ILLNESS 

No similar complaints in the past 

No known Dm,tb,asthma,epilepsy ,HTN

FAMILY HISTORY 

No significant family history 

PERSONAL HISTORY 

Diet:mixed 

Apetite :normal 

Bowel and bladder : regular 

Sleep: adequate 

Addictions: patient consumes alcohol occasionally (twice weekly 150ml)

Smokes cigarettes 

Chews Khaini and betel leaf (4 times a day )

GENERAL EXAMINATION 

No cyanosis , lymphadenopathy, edema 

VITALS 

Temperature:afrbrile 

Blood pressure: 130/80mmhg 

Pulse rate : 88bpm

Respiratory rate : 16pcm 

SYSTEMIC EXAMINATION 

ABDOMEN 

INSPECTION 

Shape of abdomen: scaphoid

Flanks : no flanks 

No visible sinuses and scars are seen 

No dilated veins 

No bruits 

PALPATION

No palpable mass

No rigidity Is felt 

Liver and spleen not palpable 

Hernial orifice: normal 

PERCUSSION 

tympanic note is heard 

AUSCULTATION 

Bowel sounds are heard 

RESPIRATORY 

Chest is bilaterally symmetrical

Trachea:centre 

Normal vesicular breath sounds are heard 

CVS

S1,S2 heard 

No murmurs 

No thrills 

CNS 

Speech is normal 

Motor and sensory system:normal 

Patient is conscious 

Memory is intact 

PROVISIONAL DIAGNOSIS 

Solitary liver abscess 

INVESTIGATIONS 













TREATMENT 

Tab pan 40mg po/od

Syrup: sucralfate 10ml po/bd


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