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Two patients with intractable vomiting and abdominal distention, but evidencing no mechanical obstruction at laparotomy, demonstrated a visceral collagen disease at necropsy. There were no external manifestations present to suggest these diagnoses clinically. The difficulties in making an antemortem diagnosis of a collagen disease primarily involving the gastrointestinal tract are presented.
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Drake, A.M., LeFeber, E.J. & Patterson, M. Collagen disease primarily affecting the gastrointestinal tract. Digest Dis Sci 9, 872–879 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02231881
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