Volume 43 - Issue 3 - March 2003

Painful cysts on the sternal and left axillary regions that had worsened over the past 3 weeks prompted a 42-year-old man to seek medical care.

Must primary care clinicians be fluent in acid-base physiology? Yes, for 2 major reasons: First, many common disease states can be recognized through identification of acid-base disturbances

For 2 years, an asymptomatic mass had been present in the left iliac crest area of a 6-year-old boy.

The abrupt onset of widespread cutaneous eruptions prompted a 66-year-old man to seek medical evaluation.

Case 1 Postcholecystectomy Obstruction A 74-year-old man presented with generalized itching and mild jaundice. A year earlier, he had underg

This lesion on her knee had been present for 5 years, reported a 22- year-old woman.

An otherwise healthy 38-year-old woman presented to the emergency department with a 1-day history of generalized left-sided weakness.

For 2 weeks, a 59-year-old woman had experienced weakness on the left side of her face.

A 47-year-old woman who was seropositive for HIV-1 presented to the emergency department with severe maculopapular, erythematous eruptions.

A 74-year-old man presented with generalized itching and mild jaundice. A year earlier, he had undergone a laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Laboratory test re

Three weeks after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery, a 52-year-old woman complained of pain at the sternal scar.

A 26-year-old woman complained of flatus and fecal incontinence of solid stool. One year earlier, she was delivered of a 3.86-kg (8.5-lb) infant; a seve

A 64-year-old man underwent a right pneumonectomy for squamous cell carcinoma of the right lung.