The causes of foot drop or lumps around the knee can sometimes be challenging to diagnose in the primary care or internal medicine setting. This article aims to describe one cause of both conditions.
A 22-year-old man presented to our emergency department with a 6-day history of intermittent fever, shortness of breath, cough, diarrhea, and chills. He had gone to a bar with friends who were visiting from...
A 24-year-old woman presented to the emergency department with a 1-week history of intermittent abdominal pain. The pain was predominantly located in the epigastric region with some radiation into her back...
A 7-year-old boy with no significant medical history presented to our emergency department with progressive mental status changes. The patient’s symptoms had started 2 weeks prior to presentation with...
This article is part of a series describing and differentiating dermatologic lumps and bumps. In part 12, Bohn nodules, Epstein pearls, and neonatal sucking pads of the lips are described.
A 9-year-old boy presented to the clinic with skin discoloration on the sole of his right foot that appeared abruptly 3 weeks prior to presentation. His mother said that the discoloration may have slightly...
A 13-month-old girl presented to our clinic for a routine check-up. She was developing typically for her age but was noted to have decreasing growth velocity.
A 2-year-old boy, who was adopted from Haiti as an infant, presented with his parents to our pediatrics clinic with a 3-week history of intermittent constipation and a 1-day history of emesis.
A 29-year-old man presented to the emergency department with an episode of hematemesis associated with epigastric pain. This episode was preceded by excessive dry cough followed by emesis of food with mixed...
An 11-year-old girl presented to the emergency department with a 3-day history of left lower abdominal pain, blood-streaked emesis, and anorexia. She denied history of fever, weight loss, diarrhea, dysuria,...
I am a first-year resident physician at the Lynchburg Family Medicine Residency Program. During my first month of orientation, I had participated in an imposter syndrome activity led by Janice Deeds, PSYD,...
A 72-year-old woman with a history of congestive heart failure, chronic lymphedema, and hypothyroidism presented with worsening bilateral lower-extremity swelling and weakness. She was found to be in atrial...
