The parents of this 2-year-old boy brought their son for evaluation of swelling of the right leg and excoriation and serosanguineous discharge from the ankle region of 3 days’ duration.
William M. Bailey, MD, FHRS; Leslie 'Les' Trope, MD; Michael Belfiore, MD
Three days after having eaten fish, a 66-year-old woman was brought to the emergency department because of macroglossia--a presentation of anaphylaxis.
Alexander K.C. Leung, MD, MBBS, FRCPC, FRCP; William Lane M. Robson, MD, FRCPC, FRCP
A 3-year-old girl discovered lesions on her instep and great toe, where there was significant pressure from the old rubber sandals that she had been wearing.
A 31-year-old woman is seen by her physician because of mottled skin on the dorsa of the hands, low blood pressure, and a confusing array of abnormal physical findings and laboratory test results.
A 17-year-old girl had a “mole” on the chin since childhood. The ovoid lesion had grown slightly over the previous few years, but it had maintained the same general configuration.
The lungs are a common site of metastatic disease (Table). Because the entire cardiac output flows through the lungs, the risk of hematogenous metastases is very high.
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A slowly progressive rash; pruritic lesions in the antecubital fosse; circular scaling, erythematous plaques—can you identify the disorders pictured here?
What’s normal bleeding—what’s not? What are the most likely causes of irregular or excessive bleeding in young, middle-aged, and older women? And how best to manage? Insights inside.
