Volume 43 - Issue 12 - December 2003

Consultant


Actinic Cheilitis
04/30/2011
By Dr Robert P. Blereau
By Dr Robert P. Blereau
The 2-mm, white, very slightly raised lesion on the vermilion of a 37-year-old man’s lower lip had been present for 2 months. The lesion was asymptomatic.
04/30/2011
Carcinomatosis
04/30/2011

By Dr Virendra Parikh

By Dr Virendra Parikh
 
04/30/2011
Herpes Gestationis
04/30/2011

By Dr Azin Meshkinpour

By Dr Azin Meshkinpour
A34-year-old woman (gravida 3, para 2) presented at 28 weeks’ gestation with a 3-week history of a pruritic rash that had progressively worsened.
04/30/2011

Factitious Purpura
04/30/2011
By Drs Alexander K. C. Leung and C. Pion Kao
By Drs Alexander K. C. Leung and C. ...
This 3-year-old girl was brought to the physician’s office for evaluation of a nonpruritic, purple discoloration around her mouth.
04/30/2011

Granulomatous Cheilitis
04/30/2011
By Dr Jonathan S. Crane; Patricia Hood, PA-C; and Carla DiBendetto, PA-C
By Dr Jonathan S. Crane; Patricia H...
A 62-year-old woman sought medical evaluation for persistent swelling of her lower lip and right cheek. The condition had been present for 8 to 9 months.
04/30/2011

Arterial Gas Embolism
04/30/2011
By Drs Paul W. Buza and Lauren E. Romeo
By Drs Paul W. Buza and Lauren E. ...
A healthy 32-year-old scuba diver was taken to the emergency department (ED).
04/30/2011
Zoon’s Balanitis
04/30/2011

By Drs Frank T. Armstrong, Richard A. Miller, Michael E. Krutchik, and David W. Dorton

By Drs Frank T. Armstrong, Richard A....
An uncircumcised 58-yearold man presented with a persistent “rash” on his penis of 5 years’ duration. He complained of localized irritation with coitus.
04/30/2011

Mucocele
04/30/2011
By Joe Monroe, PA-C
By Joe Monroe, PA-C
The soft “bubble” on the mucosal surface of a 42-year-old man’s lower lip had developed, disappeared for 3 months, and returned.
04/30/2011
Leukoplakia
04/30/2011

By Dr Kenneth LeCroy

By Dr Kenneth LeCroy
A 39-year-old man was concerned that his history of long-term nicotine( exposure placed him at increased risk for throat cancer.
04/30/2011
Herpes Labialis
04/30/2011

By Dr Donald J. Kovacs

By Dr Donald J. Kovacs
A 34-year-old woman presented with a 3-day history of painful blisters of the upper lip and nose.
04/30/2011

Fordyce Glands
04/30/2011
By Joe Monroe, PA-C
By Joe Monroe, PA-C
A 38-year-old man was concerned that the small lesions on his lips were flat warts.
04/30/2011

Why NSAIDs for Patients With Fibromyalgia?
04/30/2011
October 1, 2003
October 1, 2003
How effective are NSAIDs in the treatment of fibromyalgia? — Warner W. Carr, MD El Paso, Tex
04/30/2011