Case of the Massachusetts General Hospital: Case 35-2013: a 77-year-old man with confusion and malaise

N Engl J Med. 2013 Nov 14;369(20):1946-57. doi: 10.1056/NEJMcpc1209274.

Abstract

A 77-year-old man was admitted to this hospital because of confusion and malaise after resection of a papillary urothelial cancer. He reported abdominal pain, facial and jaw pain, anorexia, lethargy, weakness, and night sweats; imaging revealed generalized lymphadenopathy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Clinical Conference

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Bone Marrow / pathology
  • Confusion / etiology
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Hematuria / etiology
  • Humans
  • Hypercalcemia / diagnosis
  • Hypercalcemia / etiology
  • Jaw
  • Lymph Nodes / pathology*
  • Lymphatic Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Lymphoma, B-Cell / complications
  • Lymphoma, B-Cell / diagnosis*
  • Male
  • Pain / etiology
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / complications
  • Radiography, Abdominal
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Urinary Bladder / pathology