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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>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>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...
<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...
<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...
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...
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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"><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...
<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 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...
<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...
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...
