What's The Take Home?
What's The Take Home?
11/22/2024
Ronald N. Rubin, MD
A 58-year-old man presents to the clinic with severe abdominal pain that has been ongoing for several days. The pain is in his upper abdomen and radiates to his back. The patient describes the pain as...
11/22/2024
What's The Take Home?
What's The Take Home?
09/13/2024

Ronald N. Rubin, MD1,2 Series Editor

Ronald N. Rubin, MD1,2 —Series E...
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.
09/13/2024
Case In Point
Case In Point
08/03/2023
A 53-year-old man presented to the emergency department with a 2- to 3-week history of worsening upper abdominal and hypogastric abdominal pain with some radiation to his back, which was exacerbated by...
08/03/2023
Photoclinic
Photoclinic
04/08/2022
A 70-year-old man with a history of hyperlipidemia, benign prostatic hyperplasia, and cholecystectomy presented to the emergency department with abdominal pain, vomiting and abdominal distention for the...
04/08/2022
Feature Article
Feature Article
08/19/2019
Acute pancreatitis is a frequent occurrence in hospital practice. Presenting with epigastric pain, it is diagnosed as fulfilling 2 of 3 criteria, including laboratory, clinical, and radiologic findings. ...
08/19/2019
Case in Point
Case in Point
09/04/2014
Marie L. Borum, MD, EdD, MPH; Gayatri Patel, MD
Elderly patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) can have normal age-related alterations of the GI tract, which can obscure identification of IBD extraintestinal manifestations.
09/04/2014