To the Editor: A 27-year-old man who had recently emigrated from Sudan was admitted to our department with a 7-hour history of constant peri-umbilical pain.
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- Department of Surgery, Sunshine Hospital, Western Health, Melbourne, VIC.
Correspondence: jordan.webb@wh.org.au
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