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A man in his early 50s presented to the emergency department with complaints of abdominal pain and dark tarry stools. He reported 3/10 burning left upper quadrant abdominal pain that started 2 days before. The pain radiated to the epigastric region and the patient was unsure what exacerbates or relieves the pain. Starting around the same time, the patient had 8 to 10 black tarry stools daily, which were loose in consistency, which were coming out of his ostomy bag. Review of systems was positive for weakness, fatigue, nausea, abdominal pain and change in stools. The patient has a history of T4 caecal adenocarcinoma with metastasis to bladder diagnosed in 2014, for which he underwent right hemicolectomy, low anterior resection, radical cystectomy and colostomy with urostomy that was reversed 2 years later. He also underwent chemotherapy/radiation therapy with (FIFLORI) leucovorin calcium (folinic acid), fluorouracil and irinotecan hydrochloride. Vitals showed a temperature of 97.5°F, pulse...
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