A 70-year-old man presents with lower back pain, bilateral buttock pain, and a sensation of bilateral leg weakness, most notably in the right ankle and foot.
C. Clare Charbonnet, MD1 • Charles L. Emerman, MD2 • Agnieszka A. Ardelt, MD, PhD, MBA3 • David Effron, MD4
C. Clare Charbonnet, MD1 • Charles L....
A 66-year-old, right-handed man presented to the emergency department (ED) reporting the perception of hearing speech “in fast forward.” The perception was intermittent; episodes lasted for a few minutes...
A 64-year-old man presents to his internist’s office complaining of hearing difficulty of several day’s duration. He believes it is the right ear that is affected.
A 73-year-old man presented to the emergency department with constipation. He reported that he was unable to have a bowel movement for 5 days prior to presentation, despite the use of home enemas,...
A 74-year-old man with a history of oxygen-dependent chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, hypertension, tobacco use disorder, recurrent left pleural effusion, and latent tuberculosis was admitted at an...
An 87-year-old man presented to the clinic for evaluation of progressive redness limited to the right cheek that had worsened over the past few months. He denied pain or itching. The red patch was treated...
A 77-year-old woman presented to the emergency department with shortness of breath. She had a medical history significant for COPD, CAD, myocardial infarction status after coronary artery bypass grafting,...
A 72-year-old woman presented for her annual routine Medicare examination. She reported that she does not routinely visit a primary care physician but undergoes sporadic blood pressure checks for mild...
A 69-year-old previously healthy man had experienced the acute onset of weakness in his right hand and arm after driving home from playing a round of golf. The weakness progressed quickly from paresis and...
