Rheumatology

A 54-year-old man presented to a rheumatology clinic for ongoing care. The patient initially presented to the rheumatology clinic 9 years earlier with a 7-year history of diffuse painful skin. Upon his...

A 57-year-old woman with a past medical history of essential thrombocytosis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, hypertension, and treated chronic hepatitis C presented to the emergency department with...

A 49-year-old man presented for evaluation of a 10-year history of progressive pain in his joints. The joint pain is localized predominantly in his hands and feet.

A 24-year-old woman presented to the emergency department (ED) with joint swelling, severe arthralgias, and myalgias. She works as a nurse in a busy ED. She was admitted to the hospital for further workup. ...

Lyme disease is the predominant vector-borne ailment in the United States, afflicting approximately 476,000 individuals annually. Notably, 95% of LD cases reported to the CDC emanate from 14 states spanning...

A 28-year-old man was referred to the allergy/immunology clinic by his primary care physician for recent episodes of wheezing and an elevated blood count.

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...

A 3-month-old boy presented to the dermatology clinic with large erythematous plaques that appeared in the first few weeks of life, localized to the face, back, and torso.

A 37-year-old woman presented to her primary care physician with erythematous and pruritic patchy lesions on her scalp that had been present for a year, which the patient initially presumed to be associated...

A 64-year-old woman with diaphoresis presented to a community medical center following 2 days of pain due to a lump on the left side of her neck.