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Graham T. McMahon, M.D., M.M.Sc., Editor, Joel T. Katz, M.D., Associate Editor, Bruce D. Levy, M.D., Associate Editor, Joseph Loscalzo, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Editor

A Sleeping Giant

Ralph J. Blair, M.D., John J. Ross, M.D., Alanna Morris, M.D., and Sarah Grudberg, M.D.

N Engl J Med 2011; 364:e53June 16, 2011

Case

A 71-year-old woman presented with abdominal pain and reported that intermittent drenching night sweats, a global nonpulsatile headache, sinus pressure, and left maxillary pain radiating into her teeth had developed 4 weeks earlier. Amoxicillin was prescribed for presumed sinusitis, and her symptoms abated. However, after 1 week of therapy, dull abdominal pain developed that was . . .

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