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Chronic renal failure of unknown etiology is described in a patient with new-onset headache, papilledema, and intracranial pressures between 200 and 400 mm H2O.
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Diabetic ketoacidosis associated with classic findings of pheochromocytoma was seen in a young woman who also had a significant insulin requirement that resolved after excision of the tumor.
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This congenital condition, in which pancreatic tissue encircles the middle portion of the duodenum, may not cause symptoms until adulthood, as was the case in this 49-year-old man.