Volume 53 - Issue 12 - December 2013

A blue-eyed, fair skinned, 30-year-old female has had this lesion on her posterior thigh for the past 15 years.

This 57-year-old female presented for routine skin examination and was noted to have an erythematous pigmented lesion on her neck.

This 57-year-old female presented for routine skin examination and was noted to have an erythematous pigmented lesion on her neck.

A 64-year-old man with a past medical history of chronic myelogenous leukemia had an allogeneic stem cell transplant 2 years prior.

A 74-year-old woman presented to her primary care doctor for evaluation of two painless blisters on her right shin.

A Photo Essay collection of conditions associated with rheumatoid arthritis.

We present 2 cases that highlight the importance of eliciting a choking history in any child presenting with respiratory symptoms.

This review will highlight clinically significant drug interactions amongst the NOACs—dabigatran, rivaroxaban, and apixaban—to provide strategies for managing these interactions.

A 34-year-old Indian American male presents with a 6-month history of pruritic papulopustular eruptions on his bilateral elbows, hands, and legs.

This 52-year-old male presents with a 2.5 year history of a cracking bleeding rash on the corona.

A 28-year-old Burmese man presented with concern for an upper respiratory infection, including dry cough and fever.

A 32-year-old woman presents for evaluation of an incidentally found abnormal CXR.

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...

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.

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...

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...

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.