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July 13th, 20211
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A 45 year old man presents with severe lower abdominal pain for 2 hours, in association with nausea and vomiting. No other symptoms are present.
Close questioning reveals a history of similar but much milder episodes of pain for many years, all of which resolved spontaneously without treatment.
His medical, surgical, and family histories are otherwise unremarkable.