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A 39-year-old man, a battery attendant, suddenly developed weakness, loss of appetite, nonlocalized colicky abdominal pains, and nausea. Objectively his skin is gray; there is pink-gray stripe on his gums; the stomach is soft and sharply painful. Blood test detected erythrocytes with basophilic stippling and anemia. The patient has a history of peptic ulcer disease of the stomach. There is tendency to constipation. What is the most likely provisional diagnosis?

Answer options

  1. Saturnism (lead poisosning)
  2. Acute appendicitis
  3. Acute cholecystitis
  4. Perforation of gastric ulcer
  5. Chronic alcoholism
Correct answer

Saturnism (lead poisosning)

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