Volume 45 - Issue 8 - August 2005

Consultant

Emerging Treatments for Rheumatoid Arthritis: Update
10/02/2017
Christine Savage, MD; E. William St. Clair, MD; John S. Sundy, MD, PhD
Early treatment with disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs)—alone or in combination— can prevent joint damage and minimize disability.
10/02/2017
What's Your Diagnosis?
What's Your Diagnosis?
Diabetic Man With Pruritic Pretibial Rash
04/19/2014
Maria Fincati, MD; Henry Schneiderman, MD; Alexander K.C. Leung, MD, MBBS, FRCPC, FRCP
A 69-year-old man seen because of a pruritic pretibial rash of 3 months' duration. The rash started as reddish brown papules that slowly enlarged and changed.
04/19/2014
Melanoma—or Mimic?
04/30/2011
Steven Q. Wang, MD
The incidence of malignant melanoma has been rising at an alarming rate, and there is still no cure.
04/30/2011
tips and tricks
tips and tricks
Practical Pointers: Discover Shortcuts Devised by Colleagues (August 2005)
04/27/2011
Tie the Knot, Prewritten Postpartum Prescriptions Save Time, Cut Casts—and Costs, Solution for a Sticky Summer Situation
04/27/2011
Older Woman With Unexplained Inflammation
08/20/2005
What underlies the tender erythematous lesions on the hand and elbow of a patient with no history of recent trauma?
08/20/2005
Elderly Woman With Progressive Eyelid Ptosis
08/20/2005
Physical examination reveals a palpable mass within the patient’s left lower lid. To what diagnosis do the clinical picture and MRI scan point?
08/20/2005
Headache Challenge: Woman With Worsening Headaches and Depression
08/20/2005
The patient is a 48-year-old married woman with 2 grown children. She began to have occasional headaches when she was 7 years old.
08/20/2005
Pulmonary Q&A: Optimal Asthma Control = Fewer Trips to the ED
08/20/2005
How can repeated visits to the emergency department (ED) for asthma exacerbations best be avoided?
08/20/2005
Peripheral Corneal Rings
08/20/2005
These ocular changes occurred in an adolescent girl who had become irritable, anxious, and depressed in recent months. What’s the connection?
08/20/2005
Photoclinic: Actinic Cheilitis
08/20/2005
A 68-year-old white man complained of a painful “raw” lip that had gradually developed over several years.
08/20/2005
Photoclinic: Platypnea-Orthodeoxia Syndrome
08/20/2005
A 62-year-old woman with a 25-year history of dyspnea was hospitalized because of hypoxemia.
08/20/2005
Photoclinic: Brown recluse spider bite
08/20/2005
Two days after cleaning her attic, a 45-year-old woman presented with several very tender ulcers on her lower mid-abdomen, low-grade fever, and headache.
08/20/2005
Dermclinic: A Photo Quiz to Hone Dermatologic Skills (August 2005)
07/20/2005
A tender nodule; an itchy truncal rash; multiple pruritic eruptions—can you identify the disorders pictured here?
07/20/2005
Sea bather's Eruption, Helping Bones in Those with Osteoporosis, and the Role of Diet in Cancer Prevention
07/20/2005
Douse the Fire of Seabather’s Eruption With Vinegar While spending a month in Cuba, my travel companion experienced seabather’s eruption, which was described by Drs Mary Sy and Gary Williams...
07/20/2005

Hepatitis C: Making the Diagnosis, Latest Treatment Guidelines

In most cases, the only sign of infection is an unexplained elevation in liver enzyme levels. Your challenge: to unmask the disease so that patients can benefit from the latest advances in therapy.