Volume 44 - Issue 8 - August 2004

Consultant

What is This Nonpruritic Rash?
11/30/2016

ALEXANDER K. C. LEUNG, MD and C. PION KAO, MD 

ALEXANDER K. C. LEUNG, MD and C. ...
11/30/2016
Graves disease
Graves disease
Images of Hyperthyroidism: Graves Disease
04/30/2011

Alexander K. C. Leung, MD and C. Pion Kao, MD

Alexander K. C. Leung, MD and C. Pion...
Exophthalmos, lid retraction, diffuse enlargement of the thyroid gland, and hand tremor are typical findings in Graves disease.
04/30/2011
peritonsillar abscess
peritonsillar abscess
17-year-old with severe pharyngitis, fever, and dysphagia
04/30/2011

DAVID EFFRON, MD—Series Editor

DAVID EFFRON, MD—Series Editor ...
<div id="article-content-body"> <p>A 17-year-old boy has had severe pharyngitis, fever, and dysphagia for the past 2 days. Although he took an NSAID and tried gargling with hydrogen...
04/30/2011
Porcelain Gallbladder
Porcelain Gallbladder
Porcelain Gallbladder
04/30/2011

Virendra Parikh, MD

Virendra Parikh, MD
<div id="article-content-body"><p>During an evaluation to detect metastatic disease in a 75-year-old woman with recently diagnosed cecal cancer, a CT scan of the abdomen and pelvis...
04/30/2011
Thyrotoxic Periodic Paralysis
Thyrotoxic Periodic Paralysis
Images of Hyperthyroidism: Thyrotoxic Periodic Paralysis
04/30/2011

Alexander K. C. Leung, MD and Justine H. S. Fong, MD

Alexander K. C. Leung, MD and Justine...
<div id="article-content-body"><p>A 17-year-old adolescent experienced an episode of generalized paralysis of acute onset after physical exertion and consumption of a high-carbohydrate...
04/30/2011
Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome
Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome
Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome
04/30/2011

Lucia C. Fry, MD and Klaus E. Monkemuller, MD

Lucia C. Fry, MD and Klaus E. Monkemu...
<div id="article-content-body"> <p>For 24 hours, a 62-year-old woman had had severe weakness, abdominal pain, and watery diarrhea that had become bloody in the past 12 hours. She had...
04/30/2011
Waterborne Infection
Waterborne Infection
Man With a Potentially Life-Threatening Waterborne Infection
04/30/2011

BIBAS REDDY, DO, MPH, HUGH DURHAM, MD, and SANDRA A. KEMMERLY, MD

BIBAS REDDY, DO, MPH, HUGH DURHAM, MD...
<p>A 79-year-old man presents to the emergency department with a painful lesion on his right forearm. Three days earlier, he had scratched his arm while removing crabs from a trap. Initially, the...
04/30/2011
Hyperthyroid Hyperpigmentation
Hyperthyroid Hyperpigmentation
Images of Hyperthyroidism: Hyperthyroid Hyperpigmentation
04/30/2011

Robert P. Blereau, MD

Robert P. Blereau, MD
Hyperpigmentation is seen on the cheeks and eyelids of a 36-year-old woman. She became hyperthyroid at age 19 years, with accompanying exophthalmos and hyperpigmentation, following the birth of her first...
04/30/2011
Chest Pain and Dyspnea
Chest Pain and Dyspnea
Middle-aged Woman With Chest Pain and Dyspnea
04/30/2011

RAM Y. GORDON, MD and IRA S. NASH, MD

RAM Y. GORDON, MD and IRA S. NASH, MD...
<div id="article-content-body"> <p>A 48-year-old woman with a history of hypertension and mild asthma has been transferred to the medical service because of an abnormal postoperative...
04/30/2011
Erythema Nodosum
Erythema Nodosum
Erythema Nodosum
04/30/2011

Robert Levine, Do

Robert Levine, Do
<div id="article-content-body"><p>A mildly painful, nonpruritic rash on the forearms and legs prompted a 42-year-old man to go to the emergency department (ED). The patient noted the...
04/30/2011
staphylococcal infection
staphylococcal infection
What is causing this man's lip to slowly erode?
04/30/2011

DAVID L. KAPLAN, MD-Series Editor

DAVID L. KAPLAN, MD-Series Editor ...
<div id="article-content-body"><strong>Case 1:</strong> This crusted eroded area on the lower lip of a 67-year-old man has been present for several months. Which of the following...
04/30/2011
stuff
stuff
5 Cases to Hone Your Diagnostic Skills
04/30/2011

RUSSELL D. WHITE, MD

RUSSELL D. WHITE, MD
An Elderly Man With Recent Atrial Fibrillation,
04/30/2011
Cellulitis With Felon
Cellulitis With Felon
Cellulitis With Felon
04/30/2011

Brady Pregerson, MD

Brady Pregerson, MD
<div id="article-content-body"><p>For 3 days, a 47-year-old woman had a painful red swelling on her finger. The patient—a cellist—had tried to lance the lesion at home, but it...
04/30/2011
Rashes
Rashes
Can You Identify These Rashes?
04/30/2011
<div><strong></strong>A 78-year-old man presents with an asymptomatic acute eruption on both legs that extends from the ankles to just above the knees. Individual macules range from 4 to...
04/30/2011
Pretibial Myxedema
Pretibial Myxedema
Images of Hyperthyroidism: Pretibial Myxedema
04/30/2011

William Bailey, MD, Leslie Trope, MD, and John DiTredici, MD

William Bailey, MD, Leslie Trope, MD,...
<div id="article-content-body"> <p>Swelling of the lower legs brought this 57-year-old woman to a family practice clinic. She had a history of hyperthyroidism with weight loss,...
04/30/2011
Macrolide-Drug Interactions
Macrolide-Drug Interactions
Update on the Most Common and Clinically Significant
04/30/2011

TIMOTHY H. SELF, PharmD—Series Editor and PEGGY S. YAM, PharmD

TIMOTHY H. SELF, PharmD—Series Editor...
<div id="article-content-body"> <p>Macrolides are commonly used to treat a variety of infections. Erythromycin has long been recognized as having numerous highly important drug...
04/30/2011
COPD
COPD
More Treatment Choices for Patients With COPD
04/30/2011

THOMAS L. PETTY, MD—Series Editor

THOMAS L. PETTY, MD—Series Editor ...
Drugs on the horizon include the phosphodiesterase-4 inhibitors, 2 of which—cilomilast and roflumilast—are in phase 3 clinical trials.
04/30/2011
Gastric Banding
Gastric Banding
Questions Physicians Often Ask About Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding
04/30/2011

CAMELIA DAVTYAN, MD and DAVID DAVTYAN, MD

CAMELIA DAVTYAN, MD and DAVID DAVTYAN...
<div id="article-content-body"> <p>Given the rapid rise in the prevalence of obesity—which now stands at 27% of the adult US population<sup>1</sup>—there is an urgent need...
04/30/2011