Deutsche medizinische Wochenschrift
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After returning from a holiday in the USA a 24-year-old man fell ill with diarrhoea, high fever and marked rash including the palms of the hands and soles of the feet. When a history of a tick bite in the USA was elicited, a rickettsial infection was suspected. ⋯ The patient became completely well again within four weeks. Serological tests confirmed the diagnosis of Rocky Mountain spotted fever.
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Dtsch. Med. Wochenschr. · Dec 1989
Case Reports[Bilateral gallbladder rupture after blunt abdominal trauma].
A 65-year-old man under the influence of alcohol sustained blunt trauma to the abdomen in an accident while riding a motorcycle. An intramural haematoma of the gall-bladder was demonstrated by computed tomography: peritoneal lavage was negative. About five hours later the gall-bladder ruptured, as confirmed at laparotomy. The postoperative course after cholecystectomy was uneventful.