A 70-year-old man presents with increasing fatigue with activity. He is an avid and talented golfer and a senior softball player who has played regularly for many years.
William W. Huang, MD, MPH, FAAD; Mohammed D. Saleem, MD; Steven R. Feldman, MD, PhD
Hidradenitis suppurativa is a chronic inflammatory disorder characterized by recurrent painful inflammatory nodules with sinus tract and abscess formation.
Alexander K.C. Leung, MD, MBBS, FRCPC, FRCP; Benjamin Barankin, MD, FRCPC
A 70-year-old white man presented with a 10-year history of slowly expanding lesions with dark spots on his cheeks and gradual coarseness of facial features.
Andrew Rosenthal, MD, MBA; Claire Wunker, MD, MS-IV; Stephen Winfield, MD; Sharon Sukhdeo, MS-IV, MD
A 59-year-old man presented to the emergency department for acute-onset diffuse abdominal pain for the past 2 days, which he described as moderate to severe, sharp, and nonradiating.
It’s late Friday afternoon, and you are seeing your last patient of the week. This man has run out of his antihypertensive medications, and he has repeated blood pressure (BP) measurements in your office...
This 59-year-old woman presented for evaluation of a new area of pigmentation under her great toenail that she had noticed for the first time in the past 2 weeks.
A patient’s response to warfarin is affected by several factors such as the use of other drugs, disease states, age, dietary vitamin K, and genetic poymorphisms.
A patient’s response to warfarin is affected by several factors such as the use of other drugs, disease states, age, dietary vitamin K, and genetic poymorphisms.
Dawn M. Mussallem, DO; Julia A. Files, MD; Sandhya Pruthi, MD
To address the needs of the growing population of breast cancer survivors, the implementation of survivorship care guidelines for primary care providers that are clear, concise, and manageable is vital. ...
Early identification of subtle cognitive change may delay progression of symptoms, optimizing the patient's quality of life. This article presents 2 examples of patients with mild forgetfulness, their...
This article discusses the pathogenesis of, risk factors for, symptoms of, and prevention strategies for community-acquired Clostridium difficile infection.
They say that feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it. So allow me to share what I’m thankful for as the managing editor of this journal.
An 85-year-old man with a past medical history of hypertension, hyperthyroidism, and dementia presented with a 1-day history of agitation and confusion. He had complained of urinary frequency, which had...
