An 18-year-old boy has collapsed during a football practice. He is a high-school varsity player in a Southern city, and he has been attending the late summer (last 2 weeks in August) obligatory practices...
A 3-week-old girl was brought to the clinic with a 2-day history of a scalp swelling. There had been no noticeable change in the size of the swelling or its location since its discovery. The swelling did...
A 7-year-old previously healthy and active boy without comorbidities presented to the pulmonary clinic with a 6-month history of dry cough, recurrent left lower lobe pneumonia, and limited physical...
A 5 ½-month-old girl was referred to the pediatric emergency department by her primary care provider (PCP) for a temperature of 39.2°C. The infant’s mother had taken her to the PCP for evaluation of fever...
At a clinic in the East African country of Tanzania, a 4-year-old boy presented for evaluation of scrotal swelling. The boy appeared underweight and stunted. He had been of normal weight until 4 months of...
A 22-month-old girl presented to the pediatric clinic with a 2-month history of a pruritic rash that had started on her chest and had spread down her left arm. She had no known sick contacts and had no...
A 3-week-old neonate, born at 37 3/7 weeks’ gestational age, presented to our clinic after 5 days of projectile, nonbilious emesis and poor weight gain.
In case 1, an otherwise healthy 15-year-old girl presented to an outpatient clinic with concern for right upper eyelid swelling, irritation, and tenderness. In case 2, a 5-year-old boy presented to an...
