Sarcoidosis will remain a diagnostic challenge in the 21st century by virtue of its protean manifestations and presentations. The difficulties in ascertaining a correct diagnosis have posed a clinical...
An 83-year-old man was referred from urgent care to the ophthalmology clinic for evaluation of new-onset binocular diplopia, vision loss in his left eye, and a progressive drooping of his left upper eyelid....
A 2-year-old previously healthy boy presented for a well-child visit. His vital signs, growth and development, and physical examination findings were within normal limits. The result of a routine screening...
Now more than ever clinicians are in a unique position to evaluate and assist these patients with evidence-based techniques and treatments on their way to tobacco smoking cessation.
The two case reports presented here explore entirely different presentations of the same diagnosis, scurvy, in two children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Case 1 is a 3-year-old boy with leg pain,...
A 13-year-old middle-school student being home-schooled under a stay-at-home mandate due to the COVID-19 pandemic presented in mild distress with moderate to severe erythema and cracking to the dorsal...
Copper deficiency myeloneuropathy has been well studied in animal species, but the relationship with neurologic disease in humans has been identified only recently. Neurologic findings of copper deficiency...
A 67-year-old man was brought to the emergency department for evaluation of an evolving neurological event. He had been watching evening TV with his wife as is usual for them when he reported having an...
This article is part 9 of a 15-part series of Photo Essays describing and differentiating conditions affecting the nails. Parts 10 through 15 will be published in upcoming issues of Consultant.
Pediatrician John W. Harrington, MD, walks readers through a new day in the life of a physician brought on by the changes forced by the COVID-19 pandemic.
A 10-month-old girl presented to her pediatrician with uncontrolled movements of the eyes and possible hearing problems. Her mother stated that the child did not react when a fire alarm had gone off at...
A boy was born via normal spontaneous vaginal delivery at 36 weeks and 1 day of gestation to a 20-year-old, gravida 1, para 1 woman. At 9 hours of life, a neonate presented with a large emesis, this time...
