Volume 61 - Issue 9 - September 2021

Consultant

Featured
Review Article
Review Article
04/25/2023
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the lives of the children and families we serve. In 2020, many states and counties across the nation ordered shelter-in-place and social distancing measures, which included...
04/25/2023
What's the take home?
What's the take home?
01/05/2023
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...
01/05/2023
Photoclinic
Photoclinic
12/13/2022
A 50-year-old woman presented to a dermatology clinic with new-onset swelling, pruritus, and discomfort in the areas of red ink within the tattoo on her right lower abdomen, which she had obtained 18 years...
12/13/2022
Blood Disorders
Blood Disorders
08/16/2022
A 16-year-old fully vaccinated boy with a history of asthma presented to the emergency department with persistent jaundice and increasing bilirubin levels.
08/16/2022
Case in point
Case in point
08/14/2022
Approximately 2.5% of adrenal masses represent metastatic disease, and 5% are adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC). Given the poor prognosis associated with ACC, early diagnosis and curative resection are...
08/14/2022
Nutrition
Nutrition
09/30/2021
In August 2020, the American Gastroenterological Association published clinical practice guidelines for the role of probiotics in the management of gastrointestinal disorders. The document is not specific...
09/30/2021
Genetics
Genetics
09/30/2021
A 21-month-old boy was brought to the clinic by his mother for a hospital discharge follow-up visit. The patient had a history of gastroesophageal reflux disease, asthma attack, bronchiolitis, and recurrent...
09/30/2021
Dermatologic Conditions
Dermatologic Conditions
09/27/2021
This article is part of a series describing and differentiating dermatologic lumps and bumps. In part 8, prurigo nodularis and nodular scabies are described.
09/27/2021
Allergic Reaction
Allergic Reaction
09/24/2021
Anaphylaxis is a clinical syndrome, not a single disorder. With the frequent introduction of new therapeutics such as monoclonal antibodies, vaccines such as COVID-19 vaccines, and chemotherapies, it is...
09/24/2021
Congenital Disorders
Congenital Disorders
09/23/2021
A boy with a prenatally diagnosed large neck mass was born early via cesarean delivery at 36 weeks and 5 days of gestation. The pregnancy had been otherwise uncomplicated.
09/23/2021
Joint Pain
Joint Pain
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
Dermatologic Conditions
Dermatologic Conditions
09/13/2021
A 72-year-old man presented to our clinic with a rash on his chest. The rash had been present for 1 month and was pruritic and red.
09/13/2021
Pediatrics
Pediatrics
09/10/2021
A 4-month-old girl was transferred to our hospital from her primary care physician’s office with concern for worsening feeding intolerance and poor weight gain. The girl had been born preterm at 26 weeks of...
09/10/2021
Nail Disorders
Nail Disorders
09/08/2021
An 81-year-old man was referred to a dermatology clinic with discoloration of the right thumbnail. The nail discoloration had been present for a month and a half and was not associated with pain.
09/08/2021