Five prevention research studies in June 2012 issue of AJM

Five new studies in the June 2012 issue of The American Journal of Medicine provide evidence to support simple steps you can take to prevent illness and improve overall health.

Fish Consumption and Colorectal Cancer Risk

Low-dose Aspirin and Cancer Mortality

Tooth Scaling and Decreased Cardiovascular Disease

Alternative Smoking Cessation Aids

Medical Weight Loss Programs in Primary Care Clinics

An Unusual Cause of Jaundice


An Unusual Cause of Jaundice

A 48-year-old man suffering from infectious endocarditis developed septic emboli in the left foot and the right hand. Furthermore, computed tomography (CT) showed several infarcts of the spleen. Consequently, an aortic valvuloplasty was performed. The liver was unremarkable (Figure, A). Four weeks later, the patient presented with severe epigastric pain and jaundice. An arterial phase of an abdominal contrast-enhanced CT scan showed a new, strongly enhancing mass, 45 mm in diameter, with contact to the right hepatic artery (Figure, B, asterisk). Furthermore, dilatation of the intrahepatic biliary ducts was seen.

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-- Andreas Gunter Bach, Dr med, Jasmin Abbas, Dominik Schramm, Dr med, Alexey Surov, Dr med