Dr Harrison reflects on his career in medicine, including training with limited resources and few investigative opportunities, and relying on the art of conducting a diligent history and physical...
A 58-year-old man presented to the emergency department with a 1-week history of shortness of breath, cough, and wheezing. His medical history was significant for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and...
A previously healthy 8-year-old boy presented to the emergency department with sudden-onset neurological deficits and altered mental status following a syncopal episode.
A previously healthy 3-month-old boy was brought to the primary care pediatric dermatology clinic by his parents for evaluation of worsening facial, diaper, and extremity rash.
In December 2018, a 27-year-old man who had recently emigrated to the United States from India had struck his right elbow into a door. Over the following weeks, he had experienced progressive pain and...
A 60-year-old man presented to the emergency department after detecting persistently low SpO2 measurements on his home pulse oximeter device during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Incidental adrenal tumors are common but are most often asymptomatic. The challenge for primary care providers is to determine the hormone secretion status and malignancy potential. This article outlines...
Two unrelated male neonates were born at term in the same hospital on the same day. Both mothers had prenatal care established in the first trimester, and both pregnancies were uncomplicated.
A 77-year-old woman presented to the emergency department with shortness of breath. She had a medical history significant for COPD, CAD, myocardial infarction status after coronary artery bypass grafting,...
Benjamin Barankin, MD, FRCPC; Kin Fon Leong, MD; Joseph M. Lam, MD; Alexander K.C. Leung, MD, MBBS, FRCPC, FRCP
This article is part of a series describing and differentiating dermatologic lumps and bumps. In part 14, parulis and traumatic fibroma of the tongue are described.
A 72-year-old Black man presented to the clinic with subjective fever, severe fatigue, chest tightness, and dry cough for the previous 3 days. His history was significant for hypothyroidism, and he was a...
