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Article: Hutchins may see specialist Tests reveal he probably has chronic hepatitis
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- December 19, 1996
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Aaron Hutchins has been feeling better this week, but his medical
problems aren't going away.
Recent tests done on the Marquette University point guard revealed
that he probably has a chronic case of hepatitis, inflammation of
the liver.
"It's low-grade but chronic; it's probably been there a long
time," Marquette trainer David Leigh said Wednesday after he talked
with Robert Donnell, a urologist who is monitoring Hutchins' care.
Leigh said Hutchins would see a liver specialist soon.
A call placed to Donnell's office Wednesday was not returned.
"The doctor explained to me it could have been there from a blood
transfusion when he was a baby," Leigh said.
In the meantime, Hutchins said he ...