Authors: Jonathan Jones / Editor: Jonathan Jones / Reviewer: Tadgh Moriarty / Codes: SLO1, SuC11, SuC4, SuP1, SuP2, SuP7 / Published: 02/07/2020
A 29-year-old woman presents with a 3 day history of vomiting following drinking most of a bottle of vodka. She has lower abdominal pain and a mass in her left iliac fossa.
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