KATHLEEN B. ELMER, MD, LtCol, USAF Department of Dermatology, Langley AFB, Virginia
KATHLEEN B. ELMER, MD, LtCol, USAF De...
For 2 months, a pruritic rash had been present on the upper back of a 48-year-old woman with a 1-year history of chronic myelogenous leukemia and a 2-year history of hepatitis C.
BITHIKA THOMPSON, MD and KIM A. CARMICHAEL, MD—Series Editor Washington University
Dr Thompson is a fellow in the division of endocrinology, diabetes, and lipid research, department of internal medicine, at Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis, Missouri.
KIM A. CARMICHAEL, MD—Series Editor: Dr Carmichael is associate professor of medicine, department of internal medicine, division of endocrinology, diabetes, and lipid research at Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis, Missouri.
HANI RAOUL KHOUZAM, MD, MPH University of California, San Francisco, Fresno Medical Education Program
Dr Khouzam is the medical director of the chemical dependency treatment program, Veterans Affairs Central California Health Care System, Fresno, Calif. He is also health sciences clinical professor of psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco, Medical School, Fresno Medical Education Program, Fresno, Calif; and is clinical instructor of medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston.
HANI RAOUL KHOUZAM, MD, MPH Universit...
ABSTRACT: Depression could affect people at any age; however, it may have a different presentation in the elderly. It can be easily overlooked, misdiagnosed, or considered a natural consequence of aging,...
NATHAN T. COHEN, BS, MARK J. ROMNESS, MD, and GREGORY F. HAYDEN, MD University of Virginia
Mr Cohen is a fourth-year medical student at the University of Virginia School of Medicine in Charlottesville, VA. Dr Romness is assistant professor, division of pediatric orthopaedic surgery, department of orthopaedic surgery, University of Virginia School of Medicine. Dr Hayden is professor and head, division of general pediatrics, department of pediatrics, University of Virginia School of Medicine.
NATHAN T. COHEN, BS, MARK J. ROMNESS,...
<p>A 9-year-old boy presents with a 10-day history of left leg pain and limp. The pain waxes and wanes, and it increases with ambulation. The limp worsens with activity. The boy plays soccer but has...
Patients often attribute an adverse reaction to food contaminants to “food allergy,” but a true food allergy is hypersensitivity triggered by the immune system.
<p>Although estimates of its prevalence vary widely, essential tremor is one of the most common neurologic disorders in adults.<sup>1,2</sup>&nbsp;It may be up to 20 times more...
Dr Rutecki is professor of medicine at the University of South Alabama College of Medicine in Mobile.He is also a member of the editorial board of CONSULTANT.
GREGORY W. RUTECKI, MD—Series Editor
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<p>The combination of acute/subacute renal failure in the setting of cirrhosis can be caused by many factors, but one entity—hepatorenal syndrome (HRS)—is the most serious, with a prohibitive...
Chronic wounds are notorious for copious exudate production. Too much exudate can inhibit wound repair and cause periwound maceration because chronic wound fluid can break down extracellular matrix proteins...
Dr Scheinfeld is assistant clinical professor of dermatology at Columbia University and assistant attending physician at St Luke’s–Roosevelt and Beth Israel Hospitals in New York.
Ronald N. Rubin, MD—Series Editor Temple University
Ronald N. Rubin, MD—Series Editor
Tem...
<p>Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection was recently diagnosed in an asymptomatic 53-year-old African American fireman. He had applied for a new life insurance policy prior to retirement some months...
DAVID L. KAPLAN, MD—Series Editor University of Missouri Kansas City, University of Kansas_
Dr Kaplan is clinical assistant professor of dermatology at the University of Missouri Kansas City School of Medicine and at the University of Kansas School of Medicine. He practices adult and pediatric dermatology in Overland Park, Kansas.
DAVID L. KAPLAN, MD—Series Editor University of Missouri Kansas City, University of Kansas_
Dr Kaplan is clinical assistant professor of dermatology at the University of Missouri Kansas City School of Medicine and at the University of Kansas School of Medicine. He practices adult and pediatric dermatology in Overland Park, Kansas.
DAVID L. KAPLAN, MD—Series Editor Uni...
<p class="p1">During a general skin examination, a lesion is noted on the chest of a 44-year-old man. The patient was completely unaware of this erythematous, scaly patch and is unable to...
DAVID L. KAPLAN, MD—Series Editor University of Missouri Kansas City, University of Kansas_
Dr Kaplan is clinical assistant professor of dermatology at the University of Missouri Kansas City School of Medicine and at the University of Kansas School of Medicine. He practices adult and pediatric dermatology in Overland Park, Kansas.
DAVID L. KAPLAN, MD—Series Editor University of Missouri Kansas City, University of Kansas
Dr Kaplan is clinical assistant professor of dermatology at the University of Missouri Kansas City School of Medicine and at the University of Kansas School of Medicine. He practices adult and pediatric dermatology in Overland Park, Kansas.
ELAINE T. KAYE, MD, CAROLYN F. SAX, MD, ELISABETH K. DIPIETRO, MD, ALEX H. C. WONG, MD, and ALEXANDER K. C. LEUNG, MD Harvard Medical School and the University of Calgary
Dr Kaye is clinical assistant professor of dermatology, Dr Sax is clinical assistant professor of pediatrics, and Dr DiPietro is clinical instructor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School in Boston. Dr Wong is clinical lecturer of family medicine and Dr Leung is clinical professor of pediatrics at the University of Calgary in Alberta.
ELAINE T. KAYE, MD,
CAROLYN F. SAX, M...
<p>A&nbsp;10-year-old boy was brought for evaluation of a spreading, intensely pruritic erythroderma of 6 days’ duration. The mother, a nurse, reported that the child had intermittent low-grade...
MEREDITH C. ROATH, MD JACK A. DI PALMA, MD University of South Alabama
Dr Roath is a fellow in gastroenterology and clinical instructor in medicine at the University of South Alabama College of Medicine in Mobile. Dr Di Palma is professor of medicine and director of the division of gastroenterology at the University of South Alabama College of Medicine.
MEREDITH C. ROATH, MD
JACK A. DI PALM...
There is growing evidence that a significant number of patients with idiopathic pancreatitis, both acute and chronic, have an underlying genetic predisposition.
GREGORY W. RUTECKI, MD University of South Alabama
Dr Rutecki is professor of medicine at the University of South Alabama College of Medicine in Mobile. He is also a member of the editorial board of CONSULTANT.
GREGORY W. RUTECKI, MD
University of ...
<p>In this age of “technological gadgetry,” everything and everyone seems a pushbutton away. We are constantly reminded of the ubiquity of “real time,” when mundane occurrences in the work place are...
