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Distended Bladder Presenting with Altered Mental Status and Venous Obstruction

Vaughan Washco, Lee Engel, David L. Smith and Ross McCarron
Ochsner Journal March 2015, 15 (1) 70-73;
Vaughan Washco
1Department of Internal Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA
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Lee Engel
1Department of Internal Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA
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David L. Smith
2Department of Radiology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA
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Ross McCarron
1Department of Internal Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA
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