A 66-year-old woman’s psoriasis suddenly worsened after she underwent a biopsy of a tumor in her breast. The biopsy report revealed no evidence of breast cancer
This slightly itchy rash had slowly spread over a 37-year-old man’s trunk during the past month. The patient is otherwise healthy and denies the use of any new medications, soaps, or detergents.
One year ago, a 34-year-old woman cut her thumb with a knife while preparing dinner. This asymptomatic growth has developed at the site. She has no other lesions.
<p>An 18-year-old girl was referred for evaluation of “uncontrolled asthma.” She had a long-standing history of recurrent coughing, wheezing, and documented pneumonias that were treated with frequent...
<p>A&nbsp;37-year-old man presents to the emergency department (ED) with a headache that developed approximately 3 days earlier. The throbbing headache has worsened over the past few days...
Carolyn Jones; Carolyn J. Sachs, MD, MPH; Shawn Kaku, MD
<p>Because abdominal pain is such a common chief complaint, arriving at an exact diagnosis is often challenging. The dangerous triad of vascular emergencies (mesenteric ischemia, abdominal aortic...
<p>A 35-year-old man presents to your office with a worm (shown here) that he found in the toilet after a morning bowel movement. He denies any recent fever, chills, nausea, or vomiting.&nbsp;He...
<p>Each year, influenza takes its toll—particularly among the elderly. In the United States, about 3000 people succumb to this viral infection in years with low influenza activity; during epidemics,...
The relationship between chromium and diabetes was first noted in the 1950s when diabetes developed in chromium-deficient rats as a result of insulin&nbsp;resistance, which was reversed by chromium...
<p>Viral and fungal infections, autoimmune conditions, immunodeficiency, drug reactions, contact allergy, and trauma all can precipitate punctate oral lesions. Herpetic lesions must be distinguished...
<p><strong><em>Editor’s note:&nbsp;</em></strong><em>In a recent issue (</em><em>CONSULTANT</em><em>, August 2012, page 547), Dr Gregory...
