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He was a heavy drinker for 30 years gave up drinking has been getting pains near his gall bladder...the doctors thought it was gall bladder its not.mri show it's not his liver.kaiser is his ins. help?
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Other stuff: Pain in that area could be due to liver/gallbladder/pancreas -evidently excluded on the mri. Can also be due to problems in stomach or duodenum, e.g. Ulcer, or colon including polyps, tumors, cancer, other. May or nay not be related to heavy alcohol use. Get checked.
Answered 4/28/2014
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