Volume 54 - Issue 10 - October 2014

Consultant

Radiology Quiz
Radiology Quiz
03/03/2016

William Yaakob, MD

William Yaakob, MD
A 42-year-old male comes to your office after a bout of hemoptysis 2 days prior that he said was “concerning.”
03/03/2016
meningitis
meningitis
10/22/2014

Damian Casadesus, MD, PhD, Mustaq Anis, MD, Tania Calzada, MD, Chetan Shah, MD, and Daniel Goldsmith, MD

Damian Casadesus, MD, PhD, Mustaq Ani...
A 43-year-old African American female came to the emergency department of our institution with 1-week history of headache and fever.
10/22/2014
Granulomatous cheilitis
Granulomatous cheilitis
10/22/2014

James Higgins, DO, CAPT, MC, USN, Ret., Michael Kaplan, DO, LCDR, MC, USN, and Jeannette M. McIntyre, MD, LT, MC, USN

James Higgins, DO, CAPT, MC, USN, Ret...
A 47-year-old African American female presents to her primary care physician with a 1- month history of a persistent swollen left lower lip.
10/22/2014
coumadin
coumadin
10/21/2014

Eric A. Dietrich, PharmD, BCPS, and Louis Kuritzky, MD

Eric A. Dietrich, PharmD, BCPS, and L...
LH is a 60-year-old white male with a 10-year history of longstanding hypertension as well as systolic heart failure (sys-HF) with a reduced ejection fraction (EF) of 20%.
10/21/2014
Case In Point
Case In Point
10/21/2014

Reetu Grewal, MD, Ross Jones, MD, and Carlos Arango, MD

Reetu Grewal, MD, Ross Jones, MD, and...
A 21-year-old female initially presented to her primary care physician with a 1-week history of right eye redness, eyelid swelling, thin drainage, and a gritty sensation in her eye.
10/21/2014
Neurocysticercosis
Neurocysticercosis
10/21/2014

Hanns Frimpong, MS, Ronda D. Edwards, MPH, Sultan S. Ahmed, MD, and Syed A. A. Rizvi, PhD

Hanns Frimpong, MS, Ronda D. Edwards,...
A 33-year-old Asian American female who came to our practice with her husband complaining of intermittent dizziness and near-syncopal attacks that have been going on for 10 years now.
10/21/2014
dermoid
dermoid
10/21/2014

Kanwal Pratap Singh Raghav, MD, and Kimberly Jegel, MD
Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA

Kanwal Pratap Singh Raghav, MD, and K...
A 59-year-old woman with past history of seizure disorder of unknown etiology since childhood came to hospital for incision and drainage of a right thigh abscess.
10/21/2014
Seizure
Seizure
10/20/2014

William Horn Jr., ARNP

William Horn Jr., ARNP
CT scan also showed conjugately deviated pupils to the right side, which is highly specific for seizures
10/20/2014
Hodgkin Lymphoma
Hodgkin Lymphoma
10/20/2014

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

David L. Kaplan—Series Editor Univers...
A 59-year-old male presents with a pruritic eruption on his trunk and proximal extremities of a few months duration that started 2 to 3 months prior.
10/20/2014
Gastrointestinal Disorders
Gastrointestinal Disorders
10/20/2014
This article features a collection of photo-based cases of gastrointestinal disorders including zenker diverticulum, duodenal adenocarcinoma, and strongyloidiasis.
10/20/2014
Insulin Management
Insulin Management
10/20/2014

Conor Best, MD, and Kim A. Carmichael, MD—Series Editor

Conor Best, MD, and Kim A. Carmichael...
Insulin should be discussed early with patients who are beginning to show progression of their diabetes to ease the transition when the time to start insulin therapy arrives.
10/20/2014
diarrhea
diarrhea
10/20/2014

Ronald Rubin, MD—Series Editor

Ronald Rubin, MD—Series Editor
A 32-year-old woman presents with diarrhea of about 36 hours duration
10/20/2014
lichen simplex chronicus
lichen simplex chronicus
10/19/2014

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

David L. Kaplan—Series Editor Univers...
A 60-year-old male presented for evaluation and treatment of persistent itching involving the anterior half of his scrotum.
10/19/2014
Lichen planus
Lichen planus
10/19/2014

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

David L. Kaplan—Series Editor Univers...
A 68-year-old male presented for evaluation of a unilateral, itchy eruption confined to the left inguinal crease only.
10/19/2014
mastocytosis
mastocytosis
10/15/2014

Tamara Brainard, DO

Tamara Brainard, DO
A 21-year-old female presented with a 4-year history of numerous reddish brown macules on her trunk and extremities.
10/15/2014
Arterial and Venous Thrombosis
Arterial and Venous Thrombosis
10/15/2014

Gregory W. Rutecki, MD

Gregory W. Rutecki, MD
This months’ Top Paper took Polonius’ advice to Laertes in Hamlet and penned a succinct review of new thrombosis guidelines. Since the primary document is meant to serve as a reference source, consider this...
10/15/2014
pachyonychia
pachyonychia
10/15/2014
Pachyonychia congenital (PC) is an autosomal dominant skin disorder that is caused by mutations affecting a group of keratins found in specific regions of the epidermis.
10/15/2014
10/15/2014

Michael Ghannam, MD, Yasser Rodriguez, MD, MBA, Frank Davis, BS, Aman Chugh, MD, Preeti N. Malani, MD, MSJ

Michael Ghannam, MD, Yasser Rodr...
Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) are small, battery-powdered electrical impulse devices that can be implanted in patients at-risk for sudden cardiac death due to ventricular tachycardia and...
10/15/2014
sepsis
sepsis
10/15/2014

R. Phillip Dellinger, MD

R. Phillip Dellinger, MD
The Surviving Sepsis Campaign includes both guidelines for the management of severe sepsis and septic shock as well as an international performance improvement program centered around the sepsis bundles. ...
10/15/2014
10/15/2014

Richard Colgan, MD

Richard Colgan, MD
The skill of presentation is fundamental to practicing medicine. It is important to convey the logic behind your actions, both in writing or oral presentation.
10/15/2014
enterovirus
enterovirus
10/14/2014
From Ebola to enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) and chikungunya, widespread diseases have recently captured national and international headlines. Primary care practitioners are often the first to see these patients...
10/14/2014