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The man who hated hospitals

Department of Radiology, Royal Liverpool Hospital, Liverpool

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A 40-year-old man who was otherwise well was seen in the outpatients department with an intermittent dull ache in the right upper quadrant of his abdomen, which had been present for 1–2 months. On examination, a mass was found at the site of the pain. Sonography (using a 3·5 MHz transducer) was performed and a transverse sonogram at the site of the mass is shown (Fig. 1). Further radiological investigation was recommended, but the patient failed to return to hospital. Two years later he returned with the same symptoms and the abdominal mass was by then larger. He was still otherwise well. His haemoglobin was 14 g/dl, white-cell count 660/mm³ and his ESR27 mm/h. Sonography was again performed and a longitudinal scan from this examination is shown (Fig. 2). Computed tomography (CT) was then carried out (Fig. 3).

Received for publication October 1, 1985.