During a medical mission to the indigenous Cabécar people of Costa Rica, a 9-year-old girl presented with a chief concern of fleabites of several months’ duration. On physical examination, the girl was...
A 73-year-old man with a history of hyperlipidemia, hypertension, diabetes, and degenerative joint disease who had undergone left knee total replacement approximately 3½ years ago presented with a 1-day...
A 51-year-old woman with a history of obesity, bilateral lower-extremity edema, type 1 diabetes mellitus, rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, and spinal stenosis presented to the emergency department...
A 5-year-old girl presented with a 3-day history of a blister on her right thumb. She denied any discharge, trauma, insect bite, and fever. She had no known sick contacts, but she had experienced a similar...
Taking a detailed history in women presenting with symptoms indicative of a urinary tract infection is essential in the diagnosis, evaluation, and management of recurrent UTIs.
Intravesical administration of bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) is a common adjunctive therapy in the treatment of superficial bladder cancer, and local and systemic infectious and noninfectious complications...
A 49-year-old man presented to the emergency department for a chronic cough with intermittent hemoptysis, fever, and flank pain. He denied any history of tuberculosis exposure or smoking.
