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What's The Take Home?
neck pain
What's The Take Home?
A 67-Year-Old Woman With Neck And Shoulder Pain
08/13/2024

Ronald N. Rubin, MD1,2 —Series Editor

Ronald N. Rubin, MD1,2 —Series Editor...
A 67-year-old woman presented with neck and shoulder discomfort for nearly a month. The patient felt pain in her neck and shoulders with subacute onset about once a week. She called her primary physician...
08/13/2024
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Diagnostic Challenges of Psoriasis: A Multifaceted Case of Triple-Drug Interaction and Literature Review
07/08/2024

Divya Shah, MD

Divya Shah, MD
A 37-year-old woman presented to her primary care physician with erythematous and pruritic patchy lesions on her scalp that had been present for a year, which the patient initially presumed to be associated...
07/08/2024
Case in Point
kidney
Case in Point
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in a 24-Year-Old
04/18/2024

James Matera, DO

James Matera, DO
A 24-year-old woman presented to the emergency department (ED) with joint swelling, severe arthralgias, and myalgias. She works as a nurse in a busy ED. She was admitted to the hospital for further workup. ...
04/18/2024
What's Your Diagnosis?
A Woman With Worsening Hand Pain and Stiffness
What's Your Diagnosis?
A Woman With Worsening Hand Pain and Stiffness
02/27/2024
A 64-year-old woman presented to our clinic with constant pain in her left hand that had been worsening over the past 3 months. She described the pain as sharp and has experienced stiffness with the...
02/27/2024
What’s Your Diagnosis?
Bilateral Nodules of the Hands and Feet
What’s Your Diagnosis?
Bilateral Nodules of the Hands and Feet
12/19/2023

Lidiya Didenko1 • Maaria Chaudhry2 • Kirill Alekseyev, MD, MBA3 • Mohammad Umar Farooq, MD4 • Bilal Chaudhry, MD5

Lidiya Didenko1 • Maaria Chaudhry2 • ...
A 49-year-old man presented for evaluation of a 10-year history of progressive pain in his joints. The joint pain is localized predominantly in his hands and feet.
12/19/2023
What’s the Take Home?
elderly hands
What’s the Take Home?
A 51-Year-Old With Musculoskeletal Symptoms
12/06/2023

Ronald N. Rubin, MD1,2 —Series Editor

Ronald N. Rubin, MD1,2 —Series Editor...
A 51-year-old woman presents to your office with musculoskeletal symptoms that she had initially thought were exercise-related.
12/06/2023
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A Case of Acute Vaso-Occlusive Retiform Purpura Secondary to Essential Thrombocythemia
11/03/2023

Milaan Shah, MD1 • George Nguyen, MD1 • Lindsay Ackerman, MD2

Milaan Shah, MD1 • George Nguyen, MD1...
A 57-year-old woman with a past medical history of essential thrombocytosis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, hypertension, and treated chronic hepatitis C presented to the emergency department with...
11/03/2023
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Delayed Complication of “Fish-Oil” Injection Into the Face Associated With COVID-19 Exposure
10/14/2023

Sama Alazawi, DO1 • John Linabury, DO2

Sama Alazawi, DO1 • John Linabury, DO...
A 41-year-old woman with a history of fibromyalgia, migraine, and irritable bowel disease presented to the emergency department (ED) with a 1-day history of facial swelling and upper lip swelling associated...
10/14/2023
Joint Pain
Hypertrophic Pulmonary Osteoarthropathy
Joint Pain
Hypertrophic Pulmonary Osteoarthropathy in an Older Woman
09/23/2021
A 62-year-old woman presented to the hospital with lower extremity pain. The pain had initially begun in her left leg distal to her knee. She had thought the pain was secondary to osteoarthritis.
09/23/2021
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Seronegative Atypical Diffuse Systemic Sclerosis
08/30/2015
Kyra Diehl, BS; Oliver J. Wisco, DO, FAAD, FACMS; Cara Barber, MD; Daniel E. Furst , MD
A 54-year-old man presented to a rheumatology clinic for ongoing care. The patient initially presented to the rheumatology clinic 9 years earlier with a 7-year history of diffuse painful skin. Upon his...
08/30/2015