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Volume 45 - Issue 8 - August 2005

Consultant

Emerging Treatments for Rheumatoid Arthritis: Update
10/02/2017

 CHRISTINE SAVAGE, MD, E. WILLIAM ST CLAIR, MD, and JOHN S. SUNDY, MD, PhD

 CHRISTINE SAVAGE, MD, E. WILLIAM ST CLAIR, MD, and JOHN S. SUNDY, MD, P...
Early treatment with disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs)—alone or in combination— can prevent joint damage and minimize disability.
10/02/2017
What's Your Diagnosis?
What's Your Diagnosis?
Diabetic Man With Pruritic Pretibial Rash
04/19/2014

ALEXANDER K. C. LEUNG, MD, MARIA FINCATI, MD, and HENRY SCHNEIDERMAN, MD—Series Editor

ALEXANDER K. C. LEUNG, MD, MARIA FINCATI, MD, and HENRY SCHNEIDERMAN, MD—Series Editor ...
A 69-year-old man seen because of a pruritic pretibial rash of 3 months' duration. The rash started as reddish brown papules that slowly enlarged and changed.
04/19/2014
Melanoma—or Mimic?
04/30/2011

STEVEN Q. WANG, MD

STEVEN Q. WANG, MD
The incidence of malignant melanoma has been rising at an alarming rate, and there is still no cure.
04/30/2011
tips and tricks
tips and tricks
Practical Pointers: Discover Shortcuts Devised by Colleagues (August 2005)
04/27/2011
Tie the Knot, Prewritten Postpartum Prescriptions Save Time, Cut Casts—and Costs, Solution for a Sticky Summer Situation
04/27/2011
Article
Article
Older Woman With Unexplained Inflammation
08/20/2005
What underlies the tender erythematous lesions on the hand and elbow of a patient with no history of recent trauma?
08/20/2005
Article
Article
Elderly Woman With Progressive Eyelid Ptosis
08/20/2005
Physical examination reveals a palpable mass within the patient’s left lower lid. To what diagnosis do the clinical picture and MRI scan point?
08/20/2005
Article
Article
Headache Challenge: Woman With Worsening Headaches and Depression
08/20/2005
The patient is a 48-year-old married woman with 2 grown children. She began to have occasional headaches when she was 7 years old.
08/20/2005
Article
Article
Pulmonary Q&A: Optimal Asthma Control = Fewer Trips to the ED
08/20/2005
How can repeated visits to the emergency department (ED) for asthma exacerbations best be avoided?
08/20/2005
Article
Article
Peripheral Corneal Rings
08/20/2005
These ocular changes occurred in an adolescent girl who had become irritable, anxious, and depressed in recent months. What’s the connection?
08/20/2005
Article
Article
Photoclinic: Actinic Cheilitis
08/20/2005
A 68-year-old white man complained of a painful “raw” lip that had gradually developed over several years.
08/20/2005
Article
Article
Photoclinic: Platypnea-Orthodeoxia Syndrome
08/20/2005
A 62-year-old woman with a 25-year history of dyspnea was hospitalized because of hypoxemia.
08/20/2005
Article
Article
Photoclinic: Brown recluse spider bite
08/20/2005
Two days after cleaning her attic, a 45-year-old woman presented with several very tender ulcers on her lower mid-abdomen, low-grade fever, and headache.
08/20/2005
Article
Article
Dermclinic: A Photo Quiz to Hone Dermatologic Skills (August 2005)
07/20/2005
A tender nodule; an itchy truncal rash; multiple pruritic eruptions—can you identify the disorders pictured here?
07/20/2005
Article
Article
Sea bather's Eruption, Helping Bones in Those with Osteoporosis, and the Role of Diet in Cancer Prevention
07/20/2005
Douse the Fire of Seabather’s Eruption With Vinegar While spending a month in Cuba, my travel companion experienced seabather’s eruption, which was described by Drs Mary Sy and Gary Williams in their Photo...
07/20/2005

Hepatitis C: Making the Diagnosis, Latest Treatment Guidelines

In most cases, the only sign of infection is an unexplained elevation in liver enzyme levels. Your challenge: to unmask the disease so that patients can benefit from the latest advances in therapy.