Volume 57 - Issue 11 - November 2017

Consultant

Photoclinic
Photoclinic
Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome
05/12/2020
Syed A.A. Rizvi, PhD, MBA; Sultan S. Ahmed, MD; Ayman M. Saleh, PhD; Jasmin Ahmed, BS, MS, MD; Ronda Lunn, MPH; Mian Hasan, MD; Frantz Sainvil, PhD, MD, ScD
WPW syndrome is one of the preexcitation disorders and is characterized by an alternative electrical pathway between the atria and the ventricles.
05/12/2020
What's the Take Home?
What's the Take Home?
A Young Woman With Palpitations and Abnormal Thyroid Test Results
03/12/2020
Ronald N. Rubin, MD
A 33-year-old woman presented with palpitations of several months’ duration. She reported having the sensation of a racing heartbeat very frequently on most days. The sensations occurred at rest and during...
03/12/2020
Feature
Feature
A Review of Infective Endocarditis Associated With Congenital Heart Disease
01/31/2020
Martin Zenni, MD; Christopher Scuderi, DO; Evan J. Leonard, MS, MMS, PA-C; Brandon E. Kuebler, MD
Infective endocarditis (IE) is a bacterial infection that is typically caused by Staphylococcus or Streptococcus species and can be fatal if untreated.
01/31/2020
Photoclinic
Photoclinic
Cerebrospinal Fluid Ascites as a Late Complication of Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Placement
08/05/2019
Maheen Siddiqi, MD; Anil Kesavan, MD
Ascites is defined as a pathologic amount of fluid in the peritoneal cavity. It is a relatively uncommon condition in the pediatric population.
08/05/2019
Pulmonary Pitfalls
Pulmonary Pitfalls
Asthma Control During Pregnancy: Avoiding Frequent Pitfalls
07/22/2019
One in 500 expectant mothers experience serious health consequences from uncontrolled asthma during pregnancy, including maternal and/or perinatal death from asphyxia, preeclampsia, intrauterine growth...
07/22/2019
Photoclinic
Photoclinic
Subclavian Steal Syndrome
11/12/2017
Alyson Dobracki, DO
A steal syndrome develops when blood flow pathologically diverts to a lower-resistance vascular bed.
11/12/2017
Case In Point
Case In Point
An Adolescent With a Self-Inflicted Forearm/Wrist Cutting Injury
11/11/2017
Self-inflicted forearm cutting injury and self-inflicted wrist cutting injury have many features in common.
11/11/2017
Case In Point
Case In Point
Addressing DRESS: A Case of a Hydroxychloroquine-Induced Reaction
11/08/2017
Anadita Arora, MD; Mohamed Ali Mohamed, MD; Andrew D. Thompson, MD, PhD
DRESS syndrome has been known for many decades as a severe adverse reaction to a medication.
11/08/2017
Photo Quiz
Photo Quiz
What Is Causing This Man’s Severe Hyperkeratotic Lower-Extremity Lesions?
11/01/2017
Alyssa Vivas, DO; Amanda Rapp, MD
A 69-year-old man presented to the emergency department with dyspnea and was admitted to the intensive care unit.
11/01/2017
What's Your Diagnosis?
What's Your Diagnosis?
What Are This Woman’s Widespread Asymptomatic Nodules?
11/01/2017

Alexander K. C. Leung, MD; Benjamin Barankin, MD; and Amy A. M. Leung, OD 

Alexander K. C. Leung, MD; Benjam...
NF1 is the most prevalent neurocutaneous syndrome and accounts for about 90% of all cases of neurofibromatosis.
11/01/2017
Photoclinic
Photoclinic
Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus
11/01/2017
Vinay Harkhani, MD; Jorge C. Parellada, MD
A 51-year-old woman presented to the hospital with severe left eye pain and a diffuse vesicular rash around the left eye and on the forehead.
11/01/2017
Photoclinic
Photoclinic
Urticaria Multiforme
11/01/2017
Bhagwan Das Bang, MD
A 2-year-old girl presented with a pruritic rash. Her mother said the rash had begun after the girl had helped her father in a wheat field.
11/01/2017