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Case In Point
CIP
Case In Point
Pain in a Man With Opioid Use Disorder Who Is Taking Medication-Assisted Therapy
09/06/2024
A 62-year-old White man presented to our emergency department with symptoms of right-sided facial numbness and dysarthria. He also had been having abdominal pain for the previous 5 days, which was...
09/06/2024
What's The Take Home?
neck pain
What's The Take Home?
A 67-Year-Old Woman With Neck And Shoulder Pain
08/13/2024
Ronald N. Rubin, MD
A 67-year-old woman presented with neck and shoulder discomfort for nearly a month. The patient felt pain in her neck and shoulders with subacute onset about once a week. She called her primary physician...
08/13/2024
Review
Cannabis plant
Review
Naltrexone as an Adjunctive Treatment for Adolescents With Deliberate Self-Harm Behavior and Cannabis Use: A Case Series
04/02/2024
Anne Wei; Melva Navarro; Violet Yeager, DO, MSPH; Bishoy Goubran, MD; Robert A. Moran, MD
Nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) or deliberate self-harm is defined as the volitional, direct injury of the body tissue without suicidal intent. Substance abuse complicates the presentation because it masks...
04/02/2024
Photoclinic
Cervical Dermal Sinus
Photoclinic
Cervical Dermal Sinus Associated With Intradural Dermoid Cyst
08/14/2022
A 12-month-old boy presented as an outpatient to a pediatrician with concern for a posterior cervical dimple.
08/14/2022
What's the Take Home?
jaw pain
What's the Take Home?
A 52-Year-Old Woman With Episodes of Severe Jaw and Cheek Pain
03/29/2021
A previously healthy 52-year-old woman presented for evaluation of painful episodes involving her right jaw and cheek. These symptoms started about a year ago but have become more frequent and prolonged...
03/29/2021
Photoclinic
Photoclinic
Parsonage-Turner Syndrome
04/24/2020
The presentation of Parsonage-Turner syndrome is characterized by a sudden onset of unilateral shoulder pain and flaccid paralysis of the shoulder and parascapular muscles within a few days.
04/24/2020
Case in Point
Case in Point
Abrupt-Onset Low Back Pain With Fever and Elevated Inflammatory Markers
11/10/2019
Aristides C.C. Avgeris, MD; Morgan C. Jordan, BA
A 73-year-old man with a history of hypertension, type 2 diabetes, aortic stenosis, and coronary artery disease presented with left flank pain.
11/10/2019
Photoclinic
Photoclinic
Neuropathic Pain: Case Report and Considerations in Children and Adolescents
10/09/2019
Alexander Fonseca, MS-IV; Sutapa Khatua, MD, MBBS
Current evidence shows that the incidence of and prognosis of neuropathic pain differ in children compared with adults.
10/09/2019
Chronic Pain
Chronic Pain
Chronic Pain Is Improved With Vitamin D
11/06/2017
Previous evidence has suggested that vitamin D may play a role in chronic non-specific widespread pain, which is associated with disability and reduced quality of life. A new study assessed this association...
11/06/2017
Photo Essay
Photo Essay
A Collection of Cases With Pain as a Primary Presenting Symptom
09/05/2017
This Photo Essay includes a collection of case reports involving conditions relating to pain management.
09/05/2017