Growth hormone deficiency (GHD) is a clinical syndrome caused by decreased production of or decreased tissue responsiveness to growth hormone. The most common cause of GHD in adults is pituitary tumors and...
A 14-year-old girl presented with a history of recurrent bilateral axillary abscesses that had been fluctuating in severity for the past 2 years. The nodules were warm to the touch, with active drainage of...
Efe Okotcha, MD; Matthew Goldfinger, MD; Todd Bell, MD; Amanda D. Griffin, MD
A 6-year-old girl was brought to our clinic by her parents with the inability to supinate both upper extremities. Her mother had noticed that the patient could not retain powdered substances in her palms...
A previously healthy 6-year-old boy presented with his parents to our emergency department with a dog bite to the genitals. The boy and his family were playing with their dog when the dog turned and nipped...
A 5-month-old infant was brought to the emergency department with vomiting and concerns for reflux. He was a full-term infant born by C-section due to failure to progress, with a birth weight of 3.3 kg. ...
A 68-year-old man with a medical history significant for hypertension and hyperlipidemia presented to our emergency department with intermittent abdominal pain, which had been present for 2 months.
A 36-year-old man presented for evaluation of relapsing fevers. He reported fevers as high as 40 °C and has had 6 such episodes in the past 6 months that have lasted between 2 to 14 days.
A 4-day-old boy born at 38 weeks’ gestation presented with his parents to a pediatric outpatient clinic for his first newborn visit. His mother is a 26-year-old G8P4 woman.
A 27-year-old woman with no significant medical history presented with sudden-onset midsternal chest pain radiating to her arms bilaterally, dizziness, diffuse band-like headache, intermittent blurry...
A 39-year-old man attended a “screening day” sponsored by his workplace. At the event, a nurse practitioner took his medical history; performed a physical examination; drew blood for lipid studies, a...
Alexander K.C. Leung, MD1,2—Series Editor • Benjamin Barankin, MD3 • Joseph M. Lam, MD4 • Amy A.M. Leung, MD5 • Kin Fon Leong, MD6
Alexander K.C. Leung, MD1,2 —Series E...
This article is part of a series describing and differentiating dermatologic lumps and bumps. In part 17, thyroglossal duct cyst and external angular dermoid are described.
