Volume 53 - Issue 12 - December 2013

Consultant

Nevus
Nevus
Can You Identify This Skin Condition?
12/17/2013

Nathan G. Miller, DO, LT MC USN, GMO HQBN, 2D MARDIV, FMF
Camp Lejuene, NC

Nathan G. Miller, DO, LT MC USN, GMO ...
A blue-eyed, fair skinned, 30-year-old female has had this lesion on her posterior thigh for the past 15 years.
12/17/2013
Actinic Keratosis
Actinic Keratosis
What could be responsible for this pigmented lesion?
12/17/2013

David L. Kaplan, MD—Series Editor
University of Missouri Kansas City, University of Kansas

David L. Kaplan, MD—Series Editor Uni...
This 57-year-old female presented for routine skin examination and was noted to have an erythematous pigmented lesion on her neck.
12/17/2013
Actinic Keratosis
Actinic Keratosis
What is the cause of this patch?
12/17/2013

David L. Kaplan, MD—Series Editor
University of Missouri Kansas City, University of Kansas

David L. Kaplan, MD—Series Editor Uni...
This 57-year-old female presented for routine skin examination and was noted to have an erythematous pigmented lesion on her neck.
12/17/2013
rhizopus
rhizopus
Rhizopus Infection
12/17/2013

Amir Steinberg, MD
Mount Sinai Hospital
New York, NY

Amir Steinberg, MD Mount Sinai Hospit...
A 64-year-old man with a past medical history of chronic myelogenous leukemia had an allogeneic stem cell transplant 2 years prior.
12/17/2013
diabeticorum
diabeticorum
Bullosis Diabeticorum
12/17/2013

Jeffrey Guarino, MD, Brooke Salzman, MD, Amber Schwed, MD, and James Studdiford, MD

Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Philadelphia, PA

Jeffrey Guarino, MD, Brooke Salzman, ...
A 74-year-old woman presented to her primary care doctor for evaluation of two painless blisters on her right shin.
12/17/2013
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid Arthritis
What Conditions Are Affiliated with Rheumatoid Arthritis?
12/17/2013
A Photo Essay collection of conditions associated with rheumatoid arthritis.
12/17/2013
Foreign-Body Ingestion
Foreign-Body Ingestion
Foreign Body Aspiration: 2 Cases
12/17/2013

Nishit Patel, MD, and Bashar Shihabuddin, MD

Nishit Patel, MD, and Bashar Shihabud...
We present 2 cases that highlight the importance of eliciting a choking history in any child presenting with respiratory symptoms.
12/17/2013
Anticoagulant
Anticoagulant
Drug Interactions with Novel Oral Anticoagulants
12/17/2013

Kerry Mohrien, PharmD, BCPS, Carrie S. Oliphant, PharmD, BCPS (AQ – Cardiology), and Timothy H. Self, PharmD
Methodist University Hospital and University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN

Kerry Mohrien, PharmD, BCPS, Carrie S...
This review will highlight clinically significant drug interactions amongst the NOACs—dabigatran, rivaroxaban, and apixaban—to provide strategies for managing these interactions.
12/17/2013
Eosinophilic Pustular Folliculitis
Eosinophilic Pustular Folliculitis
Pruritic Papulopustular Eruptions and a Chronic Cough
12/17/2013

Trenton J. Scheibe, MD, JD, Paul Nanda, MD, MS, and Sara B. Peters, PhD, MD

Trenton J. Scheibe, MD, JD, Paul Nand...
A 34-year-old Indian American male presents with a 6-month history of pruritic papulopustular eruptions on his bilateral elbows, hands, and legs.
12/17/2013
Psoriasis
Psoriasis
What is this rash and how would you treat this chronic condition?
12/16/2013

David L. Kaplan, MD—Series Editor
University of Missouri Kansas City, University of Kansas

David L. Kaplan, MD—Series Editor Uni...
This 52-year-old male presents with a 2.5 year history of a cracking bleeding rash on the corona.
12/16/2013
Rash
Rash
Cross-Cultural Rash
12/12/2013

Mohit Chawla, MD, Laura Klug, PharmD, and Shailendra Saxena, MD, PhD
Creighton University Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska

Mohit Chawla, MD, Laura Klug, PharmD,...
A 28-year-old Burmese man presented with concern for an upper respiratory infection, including dry cough and fever.
12/12/2013
sarcoidosis
sarcoidosis
A Young Woman with an Abnormal Chest Xray
12/12/2013

Ronald Rubin, MD—Series Editor

Ronald Rubin, MD—Series Editor
A 32-year-old woman presents for evaluation of an incidentally found abnormal CXR.
12/12/2013
Feature
Feature
The Weekend Athlete: Common Foot and Ankle Injuries
12/12/2013
This article will focus on the evaluation, diagnosis, and management of 4 common foot and ankle injuries.
12/12/2013
Multiple Myeloma
Multiple Myeloma
Not Your Usual Suprasellar Mass
12/12/2013

Ronan Factora, MD, and Armin Jegalian, MD, PhD
Cleveland, OH

Ronan Factora, MD, and Armin Jegalian...
A 71-year-old female with a past medical history of hypertension presented to the emergency department with an 8-week history of neurological symptoms including confusion, short-term memory loss, and...
12/12/2013
carcinoma
carcinoma
The Specter of Hepatocellular Carcinoma
12/12/2013

Gregory W. Rutecki, MD

Gregory W. Rutecki, MD
This month’s column offers a thorough understanding of what health care professionals increasingly face as the number of individuals with hepatitis C and cirrhosis rise.
12/12/2013
Cardiac Arrest
Cardiac Arrest
Preoperative Evaluation and Care: The Cardiac Patient Undergoes Noncardiac Surgery
12/12/2013

Abdul Ahad Qazizada, MD , James C. Higgins, CAPT, MC, USN, Ret.

 

Abdul Ahad Qazizada, MD , James ...
This article will offer guidelines for performing a complete preoperative evaluation, as well as highlight specific issues and management problems that arise in cardiac patients undergoing noncardiac...
12/12/2013
Diabetes Q&A
Diabetes Q&A
Preventing Diabetic Foot Ulcers: A 4-Pronged Approach
12/11/2013

Lisa Nhan, DPM, Michael B. Strauss, MD, Stuart S. Miller, MD

Lisa Nhan, DPM, Michael B. Strau...
This approach to preventing DFUs includes education, foot skin and toenail care, footwear selection, and proactive surgical interventions.
12/11/2013
Primary Care
Primary Care
A Better Doctor
12/11/2013

Susan Effron, MPA, BSN, and David Effron, MD

Susan Effron, MPA, BSN, and David Eff...
While I don’t believe there is any formal education on patient interaction, one must wonder whether their needs to be? Isn’t it more an awareness of our own personal development that allows one to cope and...
12/11/2013
CONSULTANT
CONSULTANT
Editor's Note: December 2013
12/11/2013
As 2013 comes to a close, it’s traditionally the time to take stock of the past year and look ahead to the coming months. Here at Consultant, we want to take a minute to do the same.
12/11/2013
Dermatitis
Dermatitis
Treating Rare Fungal Infections: Chromoblastomycosis
07/23/2013

Leonora Culp, BS, Amir Al-Dabagh, BS, BA, and Steven R. Feldman, MD, PhD

Leonora Culp, BS, Amir Al-Dabagh, BS,...
First identified in the early 1910s, chromoblastomycosis—otherwise known as chromomycosis—is a subcutaneous dematiaceous fungal infection.
07/23/2013
Dermatitis
Dermatitis
Treating Rare Fungal Infections: Chromoblastomycosis
07/23/2013

Leonora Culp, BS, Amir Al-Dabagh, BS, BA, and Steven R. Feldman, MD, PhD

Leonora Culp, BS, Amir Al-Dabagh, BS,...
First identified in the early 1910s, chromoblastomycosis—otherwise known as chromomycosis—is a subcutaneous dematiaceous fungal infection.
07/23/2013
Dermatitis
Dermatitis
Treating Rare Fungal Infections: Chromoblastomycosis
07/23/2013

Leonora Culp, BS, Amir Al-Dabagh, BS, BA, and Steven R. Feldman, MD, PhD

Leonora Culp, BS, Amir Al-Dabagh, BS,...
First identified in the early 1910s, chromoblastomycosis—otherwise known as chromomycosis—is a subcutaneous dematiaceous fungal infection.
07/23/2013