Allergic conditions are the most common life-altering, and sometimes life-threatening, disorders affecting millions of individuals worldwide. Oftentimes, people with allergies and their health care...
A 62-year-old White man presented to our emergency department with symptoms of right-sided facial numbness and dysarthria. He also had been having abdominal pain for the previous 5 days, which was...
Bariatric surgery is the most successful weight management modality. Laparoscopic adjustable gastric band surgery is one bariatric surgical procedure developed for weight reduction in patients with morbid...
A 34-year-old woman presented to the emergency department with a 4-week history of daily fevers, myalgia, headache, cough, vomiting, and diarrhea. She had a medical history significant for migraines,...
Joseph M. Lam, MD; Alexander K.C. Leung, MD, MBBS, FRCPC, FRCP; Kin Fon Leong, MD; Benjamin Barankin, MD, FRCPC
This article is part of a series describing and differentiating dermatologic lumps and bumps. In part 15, accessory tragus and frostbitten ears are described.
An 8-year-old boy presented with his parents via a telemedicine visit with sudden onset of a cystic mass on the conjunctiva of his right eye. His parents reported that he had been having eye irritation and...
A previously healthy 7-year-old boy presented to our clinic with his parents with a 2-week history of an enlarging left occipital mass. The lesion was initially red, flat, and circular.
A 5-week-old infant presented with his parents to an outpatient pediatric facility with pustules and red bumps clustered on the right axillae and scattered on the abdomen. The patient’s parents only spoke...
A 33-year-old postpartum woman presented to our emergency department with dyspnea, orthopnea, and generalized abdominal pain and distention for 2 days. She had been having trouble breathing at rest and had...
A 72-year-old woman presented for her annual routine Medicare examination. She reported that she does not routinely visit a primary care physician but undergoes sporadic blood pressure checks for mild...
