Nausea and epigastric pain in a middle-aged man with diabetes
Clinical and laboratory findings indicated numerous possible maladies. A CT scan eventually led to the correct diagnosis. A 58-year-old truck driver presented to the clinic complaining of nausea and constant epigastric/right upper quadrant (RUQ) pain. The pain initially woke him in the middle of the night and continued for approximately 14 hours. The man tried…