The day after a 16-year-old Caucasian boy was evaluated in his orthopedist’s office for intermittent swelling of his left lower leg and thigh of 1 week’s duration and leg pain of 3 days’ duration, he...
Rebecca C. Brady, MD; Andrea Hahn, MD; Angela Lorts, MD; Charles J. Kelly, MD
A 6-year-old boy was transferred to our hospital with a fever of 6 days’ duration, rash, and the presence of an S3 gallop. He and multiple family members had had cough and rhinorrhea during the preceding...
Krishnamallika Mutyala, MD; Eric J. McGrath, MD; Maria Caridad Davalos, MD; Bhanumathy Kumar, MD; Michael Callaghan, MD; Jocelyn Y. Ang, MD
A 17-year-old girl presented to the emergency department with bilateral ear pain, worsening dysphagia, and throat pain of about 7 days’ duration. She also had fever.
Premature or precocious adrenarche refers to an earlier than normal secretion of adrenal androgens that results in an isolated development of pubic hair (pubarche) before the age of 8 years in girls and 9...
