Volume 44 - Issue 3 - March 2004

Consultant

04/30/2011
By Dr Raymond Kuwahara
By Dr Raymond Kuwahara
A 32-year-old African American man presented with an asymptomatic rash of 10 years’ duration. The patient reported that eruption abated during the winter.
04/30/2011
04/30/2011
By Dr David I. Wolf.
By Dr David I. Wolf.
Ten weeks before presentation, this 55-year-old woman noticed decreased sensation in her feet and a bluish discoloration of her toes.
04/30/2011
COPD
COPD
04/30/2011

By THOMAS L. PETTY, MD—Series Editor

By THOMAS L. PETTY, MD—Series Editor ...
Anxiety is a common and troubling symptom in many patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
04/30/2011
04/30/2011
By Dr Robert P. Blereau
By Dr Robert P. Blereau
Large, reddish tan, asymptomatic patches recently developed on the trunk of a 36-year-old man.
04/30/2011
04/30/2011
By Joe Monroe, PA-C
By Joe Monroe, PA-C
A palpable papulosquamous, arciform chronic eruption had been present in a 70-year-old man for many years. The asymptomatic rash was in a “mantle” distribu
04/30/2011
04/30/2011

By Joe Monroe, PA-C

By Joe Monroe, PA-C
For several months, a 19-year-old man had asymptomatic hyperpigmented and hypopigmented macules on the right volar forearm.
04/30/2011
04/30/2011

By Dr Shanon D. Smith

By Dr Shanon D. Smith
For several months, a 70-year-old woman had had dysphagia, mild dyspnea on exertion, and the Raynaud phenomenon.
04/30/2011
04/30/2011
By Dr Gavin I. Awerbuch
By Dr Gavin I. Awerbuch
A 76-year-old woman complained of progressive proximal muscle weakness; achy pain in the buttocks, thighs, and calves; and lilac discoloration of her eyeli
04/30/2011
04/30/2011

By Drs Jessica Krant and Yelva Lynfield

By Drs Jessica Krant and Yelva Lynfie...
A 65-year-old woman, who was confined to a wheelchair because of severe rheumatoid arthritis, was concerned about nodules that had erupted on her fingers and hands during the...
04/30/2011
Gastroenterology
Gastroenterology
04/30/2011

By CPT JOHN GODINO, MC, USA
Brooke Army Medical Center, Tex
Dr Godino is a gastroenterology fellow at Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Tex.

By CPT JOHN GODINO, MC, USA Brooke Ar...
After a biopsy of the small bowel, a woman was discovered to have villous blunting, crypt hyperplasia, and other symptoms consistent with celiac disease.
04/30/2011
04/30/2011

By Drs Leslie Trope, Eric Capulla, and Avi Trope

By Drs Leslie Trope, Eric Capulla, an...
Extreme synovial inflammation resulted in the articular degradation seen in the hands of this 40-year-old woman (A, B) who has Still disease, or juvenile rheumatoid a
04/30/2011
04/30/2011
By Dr Sonia Arunabh
By Dr Sonia Arunabh
Bilateral swelling and pain in the distal interphalangeal (DIP) joints for several months brought this 65-year-old woman to her physician.
04/30/2011
04/30/2011

By PAUL J. LEE, MD

By PAUL J. LEE, MD
During the past week, a rash on the right thumb and forefinger of a 4-year-old boy has progressed to involve the entire arm.
04/30/2011