<div id="article-content-body"><p>During an evaluation to detect metastatic disease in a 75-year-old woman with recently diagnosed cecal cancer, a CT scan of the abdomen and pelvis...
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<p>A 17-year-old boy has had severe pharyngitis, fever, and dysphagia for the past 2 days. Although he took an NSAID and tried gargling with hydrogen...
<div id="article-content-body"><p>A 17-year-old adolescent experienced an episode of generalized paralysis of acute onset after physical exertion and consumption of a high-carbohydrate...
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<p>For 24 hours, a 62-year-old woman had had severe weakness, abdominal pain, and watery diarrhea that had become bloody in the past 12 hours. She had...
Hyperpigmentation is seen on the cheeks and eyelids of a 36-year-old woman. She became hyperthyroid at age 19 years, with accompanying exophthalmos and hyperpigmentation, following the birth of her first...
<p>A 79-year-old man presents to the emergency department with a painful lesion on his right forearm. Three days earlier, he had scratched his arm while removing crabs from a trap. Initially, the...
<div id="article-content-body"><p>A mildly painful, nonpruritic rash on the forearms and legs prompted a 42-year-old man to go to the emergency department (ED). The patient noted the...
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<p>A 48-year-old woman with a history of hypertension and mild asthma has been transferred to the medical service because of an abnormal postoperative...
<div id="article-content-body"><strong>Case 1:</strong> This crusted eroded area on the lower lip of a 67-year-old man has been present for several months. Which of the following...
<div><strong></strong>A 78-year-old man presents with an asymptomatic acute eruption on both legs that extends from the ankles to just above the knees. Individual macules range from 4 to...
<div id="article-content-body"><p>For 3 days, a 47-year-old woman had a painful red swelling on her finger. The patient—a cellist—had tried to lance the lesion at home, but it...
William M. Bailey, MD, FHRS; Leslie 'Les' Trope, MD; John DiTredici, MD
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<p>Swelling of the lower legs brought this 57-year-old woman to a family practice clinic. She had a history of hyperthyroidism with weight loss,...
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<p>Macrolides are commonly used to treat a variety of infections. Erythromycin has long been recognized as having numerous highly important drug...
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<p>Given the rapid rise in the prevalence of obesity—which now stands at 27% of the adult US population<sup>1</sup>—there is an urgent need...
