Volume 57 - Issue 1 - January 2017

Consultant

Photo Quiz
Photo Quiz
What Is Causing a Man’s Severe Abdominal Pain and Yellow Blood?
12/27/2019
Munish H. Lapsia, MD; Mai Vo, MD; Mary E. Przbysz, MD; David J. Wallace, MD, MPH
A 36-year-old man presented to the emergency department with a 2-day history of severe abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting. On physical examination, his abdomen was mildly distended and tender to palpation...
12/27/2019
Review Article
Review Article
Familial Hypertriglyceridemia With Concomitant Familial Hypobetalipoproteinemia
11/04/2019
Martin Zenni, MD; Christopher Scuderi, DO; Evan J. Leonard, MS, MMS, PA-C
A 49-year-old man was diagnosed with familial hypertriglyceridemia and prediabetes.
11/04/2019
Photoclinic
Photoclinic
Acute Myeloid Leukemia Infiltration of the Stomach
11/28/2018
Vinh-Quang Do Nguyen, DO; Aftab Mahmood, MD; Raghujit Singh, MD
A man with hypertension, type 2 diabetes mellitus, and acute myeloid leukemia (AML) presented with a 2-week history of abdominal pain, hematemesis, and melena.
11/28/2018
Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia
Management of Treatment-Resistant Schizophrenia With Clozapine Augmentation
10/22/2018
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10/22/2018
A 58-Year-Old Man With Episodes of Painless Hematuria
03/28/2018
Ronald N. Rubin, MD
Patients being evaluated for hematuria should be referred for urologic evaluation as well.
03/28/2018
Virginia Creeper Phytodermatitis
01/15/2017
Eric W. Hossler, MD; Ashley M. Jaglowicz, DO; Desmond M. Shipp, MD
A 60-year-old woman presented with a severely pruritic rash that had begun 4 days prior.
01/15/2017
Pain Management
Pain Management
Ultrasound Diagnosis of Sialolithiasis in a Patient With Jaw Pain and Swelling
01/13/2017
Matthew Tabbut, MD
Proper diagnosis of sialolith has the potential to decrease a patient’s exposure to ionizing radiation and avoid complications.
01/13/2017
Sporadic Cerebellar Hemangioblastoma
01/12/2017
Arber Nuhaj, MD; Peter Lazzopina, MD
An 18-year-old gravida 1, para 1 woman presented 3 months after delivery with worsening dull headaches that had started at the end of her third trimester.
01/12/2017
Cardiometabolic Risk
Cardiometabolic Risk
Pericardial Effusion Caused by an Extramedullary Sternal Myeloma
01/12/2017
Sajid Ali, MD; Anandhi Sudhakar, MD; Syed Sohail Ali, MD
Malignant involvement of the pericardium can be manifested as pericarditis, pericardial effusion, cardiac tamponade, or pericardial constriction.
01/12/2017
Diabetes Care
Diabetes Care
Diagnosis and Management of Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy in Primary Care
01/12/2017
Kim A. Carmichael, MD, FACP; Brian Muegge, MD
The most common neurologic symptom among patients with diabetes mellitus is a distal, symmetric, length-dependent sensorimotor polyneuropathy.
01/12/2017
What Is Causing These Oozing, Crusting Plaques on a Man’s Shins?
01/12/2017
Benjamin Barankin, MD, FRCPC; Alexander K.C. Leung, MD, MBBS, FRCPC, FRCP
Nummular eczema, (discoid eczema or nummular dermatitis) is an inflammatory skin disorder characterized by multiple, pruritic, or oval plaques.
01/12/2017
What would you say about this boy’s rash?
01/11/2017
David L. Kaplan, MD
Child with asymptomatic, flat, papular eruption appearing on the extremities is consistent with Gianotti-Crosti syndrome, or papular acrodermatitis of childhood.
01/11/2017
What is responsible for this unilateral foot rash?
01/11/2017
David L. Kaplan, MD
A potassium hydroxide (KOH) wet-mount examination of skin scrapings revealed a dermatophyte infection, confirming a woman had tinea pedis.
01/11/2017
What is the cause of this woman’s rash?
01/11/2017
David L. Kaplan, MD
Erythema annulare centrifugum is generally caused by underlying infection, drug reactions, or even insect or tick bites.
01/11/2017
Practice Management
Practice Management
Ambulatory Team Visits: A New Model for Quality, Cost-Effective Care of Complex Patient Cases?
01/11/2017
The patient-centered medical home (PCMH) model is expanding the scope of and resources for the delivery of health care.
01/11/2017