Volume 53 - Issue 6 - June 2013

Consultant

Lymphoma
Lymphoma
Acute Lymphoblastic Lymphoma
06/25/2013
Maj Kenneth S. Brooks, PA-C
<p><span class="s1"><img src="/sites/default/files/Screen%20Shot%202013-06-25%20at%203.34.15%20PM.png" alt="lymphoma" title="lymphoma"...
06/25/2013
headache
headache
Tolosa-Hunt Syndrome
06/25/2013
Mario J. Madruga, MD; David J. Cangemi, MD
<p><img src="/sites/default/files/Screen%20Shot%202013-06-25%20at%203.30.43%20PM.png" alt="tolosa hunt syndrome" title="tolosa hunt syndrome" style="margin-left:...
06/25/2013
Dermatitis
Dermatitis
Phytophotodermatitis
06/25/2013
Joe R. Monroe, PA-C, MPAS, PA
<p class="p5"><img src="/sites/default/files/Screen%20Shot%202013-06-25%20at%203.27.51%20PM.png" alt="phytophotodermatitis" title="phytophotodermatitis"...
06/25/2013
hemorrhage
hemorrhage
ECG Changes in Intracranial Hemorrhage
06/25/2013
Kanwar Rauhila, MD; Sonia Arunabh Talwar, MD
<p class="p1"><span class="s1"><img src="/sites/default/files/Screen%20Shot%202013-06-25%20at%203.25.22%20PM.png" alt="ECG" title="ECG"...
06/25/2013
erythrasma
erythrasma
Erythrasma
06/25/2013
Robert P. Blereau, MD
<p class="p1"><img src="/sites/default/files/Screen%20Shot%202013-06-25%20at%203.20.57%20PM.png" alt="Erythrasma" title="Erythrasma" style="margin-left:...
06/25/2013
Eczema
Eczema
Acute Hand Eczema
06/25/2013
Joe R. Monroe, PA-C, MPAS, PA
A 16-year-old boy presented with an acute case of hand dermatitis, which had been made worse by self-treatment with numerous agents, including hydrogen peroxide, alcohol, bleach, topical antibacerial...
06/25/2013
Shortness of breath
Shortness of breath
Aspirated Prosthesis
06/25/2013
Rakesh N. Patel, MBBS, MD; Harold Szerlip, MD
<p class="p3"><img src="/sites/default/files/Screen%20Shot%202013-06-25%20at%203.12.14%20PM.png" alt="aspirated prosthesis" title="aspirated prosthesis"...
06/25/2013
Dermatitis
Dermatitis
Why has this rash resisted corticosteroids?
06/25/2013
David L. Kaplan, MD
<p><img src="/sites/default/files/Screen%20Shot%202013-06-25%20at%201.58.40%20PM_0.png" alt="poison ivy" title="poison ivy" style="float: left; margin-left: 5px;...
06/25/2013
Tinea Corporis
Tinea Corporis
Can you identify this pruritic eruption?
06/25/2013
David L. Kaplan, MD
<p><span class="s2"><img src="/sites/default/files/Screen%20Shot%202013-06-25%20at%201.50.40%20PM.png" alt="tinea corporis" title="tinea corporis"...
06/25/2013
opioid
opioid
Obtundation, Miosis, and Hypoventilation in a Young Man
06/25/2013
Ronald N. Rubin, MD
<p><strong><img alt="pills" height="115" src="/sites/default/files/Screen%20Shot%202013-06-25%20at%201.44.07%20PM.png" style="float:left"...
06/25/2013
back pain
back pain
Acute Low Back Pain: Guidelines for Treating Common—and Uncommon—Syndromes
06/25/2013
David Della-Giustina, MD
Although acute low back pain usually resolves within 6 weeks—with or without treatment—the pain may signal a significant neurologic or life-threatening disease that warrants immediate intervention.
06/25/2013
Feature
Feature
Acute Low Back Pain: Recognizing the “Red Flags” in the Workup
06/25/2013
David Della-Giustina, MD
With an annual incidence of 5%, low back pain affects up to 90% of the population at some point in time in their lives.
06/25/2013
Case In Point
Case In Point
A Woman With Severe Diffuse Joint Pains
06/25/2013
A 55-year-old African American woman reported several months of back pain, bilateral joint stiffness, and pain in her fingers and wrists. Swelling in the ankles and shins had also developed.
06/25/2013
mucinosis
mucinosis
Middle-aged Woman With a Soft Lesion on the Leg
06/24/2013
Fiona Fang, MD; Barbara B. Wilson, MD
<p><img alt="focal mucinosis" height="115" src="/sites/default/files/Screen%20Shot%202013-06-24%20at%204.09.49%20PM.png" style="float:left" title="focal...
06/24/2013
Dermatology
Dermatology
Can You Identify the Cause of These Puzzling Symptoms?
06/24/2013
<p><img alt="ginkgo biloba" height="115" src="/sites/default/files/Screen%20Shot%202013-06-24%20at%203.11.40%20PM.png" style="float:left" title="ginkgo...
06/24/2013
Pneumonia
Pneumonia
Community-Acquired Pneumonia: Empiric Antimicrobial Therapy
06/24/2013
Burke A. Cunha, MD
<p><a href="/sites/default/files/Screen%20Shot%202013-06-24%20at%201.59.18%20PM_0.png" target="_blank"><img alt="antimicrobial therapy" height="115"...
06/24/2013
Genital Lesions
Genital Lesions
Genital Lesions in Women
06/24/2013
Robert P. Blereau, MD
<p><img alt="polyp" height="115" src="/sites/default/files/Screen%20Shot%202013-06-24%20at%2011.47.28%20AM.png" style="float:left" title="polyp"...
06/24/2013
Prediabetes: What Is it? Why Is It Important to Identify and Treat?
06/24/2013
Kim A. Carmichael, MD, FACP; Marina Litvin, MD
How are glucose intolerance and impaired fasting glucose or “prediabetes” defined?
06/24/2013
Clostridium difficile Colitis
Clostridium difficile Colitis
Clostridium difficile Infection: What You Need to Know
06/24/2013
Sally Alrabaa, MD; Pamela R. Noel, MD; Todd Wills, MD
Clostridium difficile infections are among the most common and most serious healthcare-associated infections in the United States.
06/24/2013
Clostridium difficile Colitis
Clostridium difficile Colitis
Clostridium difficile Infection: What You Need to Know
06/24/2013
Sally Alrabaa, MD; Pamela R. Noel, MD; Todd Wills, MD
Clostridium difficile infections are among the most common and most serious healthcare-associated infections in the United States.
06/24/2013
Clostridium difficile Colitis
Clostridium difficile Colitis
Clostridium difficile Infection: What You Need to Know
06/24/2013
Sally Alrabaa, MD; Pamela R. Noel, MD; Todd Wills, MD
Clostridium difficile infections are among the most common and most serious healthcare-associated infections in the United States.
06/24/2013
Primary Care
Primary Care
On Contemporary Bedside Manners: Are You With the Shirts or the Skins?
06/24/2013
Gregory W. Rutecki, MD
<p><img alt="" height="90" src="/sites/default/files/generic%20icon2_3.jpg" style="float:left" width="90" />When I am with older physician...
06/24/2013