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Photoclinic
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Photoclinic
New Onset of Severe Mitral Valve Regurgitation Status Post COVID-19 Recovery
10/30/2024

Benjamin Bayly, DO1 • Feeha Hasan, MS, DO1 • Sashi Makam, MD2

Benjamin Bayly, DO1 • Feeha Hasan, MS...
A 43-year-old man presented to his primary care physician for a routine physical examination. At this visit, the patient reported elevated blood pressure, headaches, fatigue, new onset of palpitations, and...
10/30/2024
what's your diagnosis?
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what's your diagnosis?
What Are These Multiple Papules on a 2-Month-Old’s Face?
10/19/2024

Aashir S. Siddique, BSc1 • Michelle L. Gallagher, DO2

Aashir S. Siddique, BSc1 • Michelle L...
A 2-month-old infant presented to the clinic with diffuse small pustules and papules localized on the scalp, face, shoulders, and back.
10/19/2024
Pulmonary Pitfalls
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Pulmonary Pitfalls
Lies, Damned Lies, and Bronchiectasis
10/03/2024
Florence Chau-Etchepare, MD; Brian Morrissey, MD; Samuel Louie, MD
Compared to other chronic airway disorders like asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), bronchiectasis is generally among the least understood. This may be due, in part, to the sheer volume...
10/03/2024
What's The Take Home?
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What's The Take Home?
A 42-Year-Old Man With Persistent Abdominal Pain
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
What's The Take Home?
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What's The Take Home?
A 28-Year-Old Man With New Wheezing and an Elevated Blood Count
08/25/2024

Ronald N. Rubin, MD1,2 —Series Editor

Ronald N. Rubin, MD1,2 —Series E...
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.
08/25/2024
Case In Point
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Case In Point
A Woman With A Persistent Pruritic Arm
07/27/2024

Alice Lin, BS, BA1 • Juan Qiu, MD, PhD2

Alice Lin, BS, BA1 • Juan Qiu, MD, Ph...
Pruritus is a common patient concern with a broad differential that is frequently encountered by clinicians. Brachioradial pruritus is an uncommon neuropathic pruritus that negatively impacts quality of...
07/27/2024
Photoclinic
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Photoclinic
Diagnostic Challenges of Psoriasis: A Multifaceted Case of Triple-Drug Interaction and Literature Review
07/08/2024

Divya Shah, MD

Divya Shah, MD
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...
07/08/2024
Photoclinic
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Photoclinic
A Healthy Male With Recalcitrant Herpes Zoster
06/12/2024

Juan Qiu, MD, PhD1 • Alice Lin, BS, BA2 • Sara Ferguson, MD3

Juan Qiu, MD, PhD1 • Alice Lin, BS, B...
A 62-year-old healthy man presented to his primary care provider with a 2-day history of painful vesicular rashes on his right trunk.
06/12/2024
What's The Take Home?
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What's The Take Home?
A 75-Year-Old Man With Memory Loss
03/28/2024

Ronald N. Rubin, MD1,2 —Series Editor

Ronald N. Rubin, MD1,2 —Series E...
The wife of a 75-year-old previously healthy man calls her internist to report her husband’s acute episode of “confusion.”
03/28/2024
What's your diagnosis?
Photo shows the patient demonstrating right wrist weakness when asked to extend both hands.
What's your diagnosis?
Weakness in the Upper Extremity After a Fall
02/06/2024

Michael Grover, DO1 • Sethu Sandeep Koneru, MBBS2

Michael Grover, DO1 • Sethu Sandeep K...
A 58-year-old woman with debility from end-stage liver disease visited the clinic reporting weakness of her right upper extremity for the past day.
02/06/2024