Volume 52 - Issue 6 - June 2012

Consultant

contact dermatitis
contact dermatitis
06/07/2012

DAVID L. KAPLAN, MD—Series Editor
University of Missouri Kansas City, University of Kansas

DAVID L. KAPLAN, MD—Series Editor: 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, Kan.

DAVID L. KAPLAN, MD—Series Editor Uni...
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06/07/2012
Tinea pedis
Tinea pedis
06/07/2012

DAVID L. KAPLAN, MD—Series Editor
University of Missouri Kansas City, University of Kansas

DAVID L. KAPLAN, MD—Series Editor: 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, Kan.

 

DAVID L. KAPLAN, MD—Series Editor Uni...
<p>An itchy, blistering eruption on the side of a 67-year-old woman’s foot has worsened during the past 2 weeks. She has never had athlete’s foot and has not recently purchased new shoes.</p> ...
06/07/2012
Tinea capitis
Tinea capitis
06/07/2012

DAVID L. KAPLAN, MD—Series Editor
University of Missouri Kansas City, University of Kansas

DAVID L. KAPLAN, MD—Series Editor: 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, Kan.

DAVID L. KAPLAN, MD—Series EditorUniv...
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06/07/2012
Folliculitis
Folliculitis
06/07/2012

ROBERT P. BLEREAU, MD
Morgan City, La

ROBERT P. BLEREAU, MD Morgan City, La...
<p class="p1"><img src="/sites/default/files/1206Con_PCFolliculitis_0.jpg" width="90" height="90" style="float: left; margin: 5px;">Erythematous...
06/07/2012
eruptive xanthomas
eruptive xanthomas
06/07/2012

JOE R. MONROE, MPAS, PA-C
Tulsa, Oklahoma

JOE R. MONROE, MPAS, PA-C Tulsa, Okla...
<p><img src="/sites/default/files/1206Con_PCXanthoma_0.jpg" width="90" height="90" style="float: left; margin: 5px;">These pruritic papules of acute onset...
06/07/2012
pulmonary arteriovenous malformations
pulmonary arteriovenous malformations
06/07/2012

HETAL THAKORE, MD
FARHAN MAQSOOD, MD
Medical College of Georgia, Augusta

HETAL THAKORE, MD FARHAN MAQSOOD, MD ...
<p class="p1"><img src="/sites/default/files/1206Con_PCPulmoAVM_0.jpg" width="90" height="90" style="float: left; margin: 5px;">Progressive...
06/07/2012
trichobezoars
trichobezoars
06/07/2012

POONAM MAHAJAN, MD
Hurley Medical Center/Michigan State University, Flint

LA DONNA JOHNSON, MD
Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Detroit

POONAM MAHAJAN, MD Hurley Medical Cen...
<p><img src="/sites/default/files/1206Con_PCTrichobez_A_0.jpg" width="85" height="90" style="float: left; margin: 5px;">For the second time in a week, a...
06/07/2012
Biopsy
Biopsy
06/07/2012

THOMAS J. ZUBER, MD, MPH, MBA
Brody School of Medicine, 
East Carolina University

Dr Zuber is adjunct associate professor at Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, in Greenville, NC.

THOMAS J. ZUBER, MD, MPH, MBA Brody S...
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06/07/2012
Wounds
Wounds
06/07/2012

SHARON A. ARONOVITCH, PhD, RN, ACNS-BC, CWOCN-AP
Excelsior College, Albany, NY

Dr Aronovitch is faculty program director, graduate nursing program, Excelsior College, Albany, NY.

SHARON A. ARONOVITCH, PhD, RN, ACNS-B...
When wounds become chronic—ie, have not proceeded expediently through the four stages of healing and/or have languished for 3 months or more, usually “stuck” in the inflammatory or proliferative phase—a...
06/07/2012
Oral Lesions
Oral Lesions
06/07/2012

STAMATIA ALEXIOU, MD, GARY GRIFFIN, MD, BRETT LAGGAN, DDS,
and JAMES J. BURNS, MD, MPH
Florida State University

Dr Alexiou is a third-year pediatric resident, Dr Griffin is clinical assistant professor, Dr Laggan is an oral surgeon, and Dr Burns is clinical professor at Florida State University College of Medicine in Tallahassee and Sacred Heart Children’s Hospital in Pensacola.

STAMATIA ALEXIOU, MD, GARY GRIFFIN, M...
A 10-year-old African American boy with lumps in the mouth for the past 2 years. The lesions had increased in size and number.
06/07/2012
Feature
Feature
06/07/2012

WILLIAM LAWSON, MD, DDS
Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Dr Lawson is professor of otolaryngology at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City.

WILLIAM LAWSON, MD, DDS Mount Sinai S...
Erythroplakia requires biopsy followed by wide local excision, since about 50% of these lesions represent invasive carcinomas.
06/07/2012
Sun Exposure
Sun Exposure
06/05/2012
<p>An assortment of cases documenting the consequences of sun exposure, including basal cell carcinoma, solar elastosis, and actinic keratoses.</p>
06/05/2012
Cancer
Cancer
06/05/2012
About 68% of Americans who receive a diagnosis of cancer live longer than 5 years.
06/05/2012
Q&As
Q&As
06/05/2012

EDWARD SHAHADY, MD
University of Miami and University of Florida

Dr Shahady is a family physician and medi- cal director of the Florida Academy of Family Physicians Foundation Diabetes Master Clinician Program. He is also clinical profes- sor of family medicine at the University of Miami and University of Florida. Dr Shahady is a past president of the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine and is the current president for Medicine of the North Florida South Georgia Chapter of the American Diabetes Association, current Chair of the diabetes coalition for city of Jacksonville and member Governors Diabetes Advisory Committee for Florida. He is also a member of the editorial board of CONSULTANT.

Dr Dall is medical director and president of Advanced Lipidology in Delafield, Wisconsin. She is a practicing lipidologist and national and international speaker on cardiovascular disease and diabetes prevention.

Dr Milligan is a family practitioner at the Centura Family Care and faculty member at the Southern Colorado Family Medicine Residency—a part of the Centura Health System in Pueblo, Colorado—where he has provided training for residents in family practice for nearly 20 years.

 

EDWARD SHAHADY, MD University of Miam...
<p>As the chair for the Cardiometabolic Risk Summit, which will be held this coming September in Las Vegas, I am very excited about this meeting and our partnership...
06/05/2012
acute cholecystitis
acute cholecystitis
06/05/2012

Ronald N. Rubin, MD—Series Editor
Temple University

RONALD N. RUBIN, MD—Series Editor: Dr Rubin is professor of medicine at Temple University School of Medicine and chief of clinical hematology in the department of medicine at Temple University Hospital, both in Philadelphia.

Ronald N. Rubin, MD—Series Editor Tem...
<p>A 50-year-old woman is hospitalized after she presents with abdominal pain. The pain is episodic and is located in the epigastric area and toward the right upper quadrant (RUQ). It awakened her...
06/05/2012
backache
backache
06/05/2012

ZACHARIA ISAAC, MD
BAMIDELE ADEYEMO, MD
Harvard Medical School

Dr Isaac is medical director of Brigham and Women’s Multidisciplinary Spine Center in Boston. He is also an assistant professor at Harvard Medical School in Boston. Dr Adeyemo is a clinical fellow in the department of physical medicine and rehabilitation at Harvard Medical School.

 

ZACHARIA ISAAC, MD BAMIDELE ADEYEMO, ...
<p><strong>ABSTRACT:</strong><strong> </strong>The vast majority of episodes of low back pain have musculoskeletal causes and resolve on their own, although recurrence is...
06/05/2012
06/05/2012

GREGORY W. RUTECKI, MD—Series Editor
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—Series Editor ...
When discussing type 2 diabetes mellitus, there is good news and bad news. The good news is that the armamentarium for treatment has been growing with recent potent additions. The incretins have...
06/05/2012
Primary Care
Primary Care
06/05/2012

EDWARD J. SHAHADY, MD
University of Miami

Dr Shahady is clinical professor of family medicine at the University of Miami and University of Florida in Florida; an associate faculty member in the residency program at St Vincent’s Hospital in Jacksonville, Fla; and medical director of the Diabetes Master Clinician Program of the Florida Academy of Family Physicians Foundation in Jacksonville. He is also a member of the editorial board of CONSULTANT.

 

EDWARD J. SHAHADY, MD University of M...
<p><img alt="" height="90" src="/sites/default/files/1206Con_GCShahady_Tb.gif" style="float:left" width="90" />Primary care clinicians view...
06/05/2012