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PHOTOCLINIC
Sections of the resected intranasal lesion
PHOTOCLINIC
Epistaxis Caused by Malignant Melanoma of the Nasal Cavity: A Rarity on the Rise
07/26/2026
Sheldon P. Hersh, MD, FACS; Sheldon Gorbacz, MD
A 67-year-old woman presented to the otolaryngologist’s office with a 2-week history of recurrent epistaxis and nasal airway obstruction limited to the right nasal passage.
07/26/2026
What's the Take Home?
man talking to doctor
What's the Take Home?
A 76-Year-Old Man with a Lesion of the Right Ear
07/19/2026
Ronald N. Rubin, MD
A 76-year-old man reported right ear pain of more than 2 weeks’ duration that began while he was at the beach during the summer.
07/19/2026
What's Your Diagnosis?
Anterior posterior (AP) radiograph of the pelvis is shown.
What's Your Diagnosis?
What Is the Cause of an Older Patient’s Persistent Hip Pain?
05/03/2026
Stacy H. Leung, MD, MBA; Matthew P. LeBlanc, MD; Namita Bhardwaj, MD, MS, MPH; John C. Hagedorn, II, MD
A 63-year-old man presented to his primary care physician’s clinic with left hip pain after sustaining a fall while roller skating 2 years earlier.
05/03/2026
What's Your Diagnosis?
CT head non-contrast axial and coronal views during first visit to emergency department are shown
What's Your Diagnosis?
A Rapidly Enlarging Headache
09/20/2025
Justin Lien, BS; Ananya Narasimhan, BS; Nicholas Basalous; Evan M. Masutani, MD, PhD; Mariam Fahim, DO
A 6-year-old boy with a past medical history of recurrent otitis media presented to an outpatient pediatrician for subacute new-onset headache and photophobia.
09/20/2025
Photoclinic
Figure 1
Photoclinic
From Routine to Rare: Splenic Injury Following Colonoscopy
03/13/2025
U. George McCann, III, BS; Isabella Amador, BS; John Ramos Rivas, BS; Kevin Pierre, MD; Maher Khazem, MD; Spaulding Solar, MD; Andrew McCurry, MD; Jeffrey Vogel, MD; Hugh Davis, MD
A 75-year-old man developed sharp left upper quadrant pain immediately following an esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) and colonoscopy performed for persistent generalized abdominal discomfort.
03/13/2025
What's The Take Home?
abdominal pain
What's The Take Home?
A 42-Year-Old Man With Persistent Abdominal Pain
02/25/2025
Ronald N. Rubin, MD
A 42-year-old man presents to the office describing several weeks duration of abdominal pain. The pain is in the upper abdomen, midline, and is "boring" in nature.
02/25/2025
Photoclinic
Choledochal Cyst
Photoclinic
Choledochal Cyst With Rupture and Pseudocyst Formation
12/08/2024
Rajesh Savargaonkar, MD; Reem Ichoa, DO; Vinci Jones, MD
A 3-year-old boy presented with abdominal pain and vomiting for 4 days. During that time, he had five or six episodes of vomiting accompanied by diffuse abdominal pain.
12/08/2024
Case In Point
case in point
Case In Point
Morbid Obesity Treated With Laparoscopic Band Surgery Over a Sleeve Gastrectomy
09/12/2023
Bariatric surgery is the most successful weight management modality. Laparoscopic adjustable gastric band surgery is one bariatric surgical procedure developed for weight reduction in patients with morbid...
09/12/2023
Case In Point
Prophylactic Cholecystectomy for Porcelain Gallbladder
Case In Point
Prophylactic Cholecystectomy for Porcelain Gallbladder
07/06/2023
A 41-year-old man presented to the emergency department with weight loss, abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting over a 6 month period.
07/06/2023
Case in Point
Case in Point
Leclercia adecarboxylata Osteomyelitis of the Leg With Infected Hardware in an Immunocompetent Patient
04/17/2022
A 44-year-old man accidentally fell from a deer stand while hunting and sustained multiple orthopedic injuries. Two months after left femur nailing and fixation of left pilon fracture, he was noted to have...
04/17/2022