Volume 47 - Issue 5 - May 2007

Consultant

Toxic Exposure
Toxic Exposure
Clinical Consequences of Toxic Exposure
04/28/2011
<div id="article-content-body"> <p>The line on the gums of this 30-year-old man indicates lead poisoning. The patient had been employed for 8 months at a lead smelting plant in which...
04/28/2011
Breast Abscess
Breast Abscess
Breast Abscess After Nipple Piercing
04/28/2011

CPT ERIN DRIFMEYER, MD

COL KEN BATTS, DO

CPT ERIN DRIFMEYER, MDCOL KEN BATTS, ...
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04/28/2011
Hormonal Contraceptive
Hormonal Contraceptive
Which Hormonal Contraceptive for a Patient Taking Phenytoin?
04/28/2011
<div id="article-content-body"><p>My 32-year-old patient has a seizure disorder that is treated with <span class="DrugLink">phenytoin</span>. She wants to use...
04/28/2011
Elephantiasis Nostras Verrucosa
Elephantiasis Nostras Verrucosa
Elephantiasis Nostras Verrucosa
04/28/2011

FRANCISCO MILED PHEREZ, MD

GABRIEL SANDKOVSKY, MD

SHOBHANA CHAUDHARI, MD

FRANCISCO MILED PHEREZ, MD GABRIEL S...
<div id="article-content-body"> <p>A 60-year-old man was hospitalized with fever and hypotension secondary to recurrent cellulitis of the left leg. He had a history of polysubstance...
04/28/2011
Nasal Septal Abscess
Nasal Septal Abscess
Nasal Septal Abscess
04/28/2011

JOEL M. SCHWARTZ, MD

JOEL M. SCHWARTZ, MD
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04/28/2011
Review
Review
Psoriasis: Update on Therapeutic Choices
04/28/2011
Although psoriasis is rarely life-threatening, the disease has significant psychosocial ramifications.
04/28/2011
oral poliovirus vaccine (OPV)
oral poliovirus vaccine (OPV)
Maximizing Polio Vaccine Efficacy
04/28/2011
<div id="article-content-body"><p>How long does immunity against polio last in a person vaccinated with oral poliovirus vaccine (OPV)? With inactivated poliovirus vaccine...
04/28/2011
Quiz
Quiz
Weakness in a Young Woman
04/28/2011

THEODORE CHAN, MD
RICHARD A. HARRIGAN, MD
WILLIAM J. BRADY, MD

THEODORE CHAN, MD RICHARD A. HARRIGAN...
<div id="article-content-body">A 24-year-old woman presents to the emergency department (ED) with generalized weakness, headache, and muscle cramping that have progressively worsened over...
04/28/2011
Dermatitis
Dermatitis
Why has this lump suddenly become tender?
04/28/2011

DAVID L. KAPLAN, MD

Dermclinic
Test Your Dermatologic Skills

DAVID L. KAPLAN, MDDermclinicTest You...
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04/28/2011
Quiz
Quiz
GI Distress in a Middle-Aged Woman
04/28/2011

Ronald N. Rubin, MD

Ronald N. Rubin, MD
A woman woman with burning discomfort in the region of her lower sternum and was diagnosed with gastroesophageal reflux disease.
04/28/2011
Medicine in the 21st Century
Medicine in the 21st Century
Practicing Medicine in the 21st Century
04/28/2011
<div id="article-content-body"> <p>Remember the "good old days" (boy, do I feel old writing that) when all you had to do was practice clinical medicine and take care of...
04/28/2011
Conjunctival Granuloma
Conjunctival Granuloma
Conjunctival Granuloma
04/28/2011

LCDR JEFFREY ANT, DDS, MD

LCDR JEFFREY ANT, DDS, MD
<div id="article-content-body"><p>Two months after undergoing bilateral transconjunctival blepharoplasty, a 48-year-old man presented with dryness and pruritus of the left eye of 1...
04/28/2011
refractory skin disorder
refractory skin disorder
A middle-aged man hospitalized for intensive pulmonary toilet
04/28/2011

HENRY SCHNEIDERMAN, MD

HENRY SCHNEIDERMAN, MD
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04/28/2011
Halo Nevus
Halo Nevus
Halo Nevus
04/28/2011

BHAGWAN DAS BANG, MD

BHAGWAN DAS BANG, MD
<div id="article-content-body"><p>A 13-year-old girl noticed that the skin around a "mole" on her abdomen had gradually changed color. This patient was told that she had a...
04/28/2011
Foreign Body
Foreign Body
Metallic Corneal Foreign Body With Rust Ring
05/01/2007

CRAIG J. HUANG, MD

CRAIG J. HUANG, MD
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05/01/2007
Article
Article
Metallic Corneal Foreign Body With Rust Ring
05/01/2007
Two days after "heading" a soccer ball, a 17-year-old boy presented to the emergency department with progressive pain and a foreign-body sensation in his left eye. Visual acuity was 20/20 in the right eye...
05/01/2007