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Less Is More: A Collaborative, Non-Operative Approach to Care for a Patient With Pleural Effusion
04/17/2024

Afolake Mobolaji, MD, MPH1 • Folashade Omole, MD1

Afolake Mobolaji, MD, MPH1 • Folashade Omole, MD1
A 68-year-old woman presented to the emergency room with pleuritic left-sided chest pain associated with shortness of breath and a productive cough with clear sputum but no hemoptysis.
04/17/2024
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A Constellation of Contemporaneous Comorbid Etiologies of Vasculopathy in a Patient With Rheumatoid Arthritis
04/11/2024

Jenna E. Koblinski, MD1 • Lori Porter, DO2 • Lindsay Ackerman, MD, FAAD2,3

Jenna E. Koblinski, MD1 • Lori Porter, DO2 • Lindsay Ackerman, MD, FAAD2,3
A 61-year-old man was hospitalized for worsening cutaneous ulcerations on his head, extremities, and trunk.
04/11/2024
Radiology Quiz
Groin pain
Radiology Quiz
New-Onset Groin Pain in an Elderly Woman
04/10/2024

Namita Bhardwaj, MD, MS, MPH1,2 • Grant S. Pierre, MD3

Namita Bhardwaj, MD, MS, MPH1,2 • Grant S. Pierre, MD3
A 72-year-old woman presented with new-onset right hip pain. Approximately 2 weeks prior, she had fallen on her right hip while walking her dogs.
04/10/2024
Case in Point
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Case in Point
Communication Barriers Concerning Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Deactivation Near End of Life
04/01/2024
A 62-year-old woman presented to a palliative care clinic for follow-up of symptom management. She reported a recent fall after unexpectedly being shocked by her implantable cardioverter-defibrillator...
04/01/2024
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 Editor
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
Radiology Quiz
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Radiology Quiz
A 74-Year-Old With Chronic Chest Pain
03/10/2024

Michael Grover, DO1 • Sethu Sandeep Koneru, MBBS2

Michael Grover, DO1 • Sethu Sandeep Koneru, MBBS2
A 74-year-old man presented to the clinic complaining of chest pain. He described the pain as an intermittent discomfort, which was localized to the middle of the sternum without radiation.
03/10/2024
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Microhematuria
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Microhematuria in an Older Man
03/06/2024

Bryce Baird, MD1 • Jared Schommer, PhD2 • Giovanni A. Gonzalez, MD1 • Timothy Lyon, MD3

Bryce Baird, MD1 • Jared Schommer, PhD2 • Giovanni A. Gonzalez, MD1 • Timothy Lyon, MD3...
A 61-year-old man with obesity, no significant medical or surgical history, and a 40 pack/year smoking history presented to the clinic with urinary urgency and frequency.
03/06/2024
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Amlodipine-Induced Eczematous Drug Eruption
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Amlodipine-Induced Eczematous Drug Eruption
02/07/2024
A 63-year-old man with hypertension was prescribed amlodipine for blood pressure control. Three days after initiating treatment, he developed an extremely pruritic rash on his back.
02/07/2024
Photo Quiz
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Photo Quiz
A Peculiar Retinal Scan in a Patient With Diabetes
01/23/2024
A 70-year-old man with a medical history significant for well-controlled type 2 diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and obesity presented to our primary care clinic for a diabetic retinopathy screen...
01/23/2024
What's The Take Home?
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What's The Take Home?
A 70-Year-Old Man With Back, Buttock, and Thigh Pain
01/16/2024

Ronald N. Rubin, MD1,2 —Series Editor

Ronald N. Rubin, MD1,2 —Series Editor
A 70-year-old man presents with lower back pain, bilateral buttock pain, and a sensation of bilateral leg weakness, most notably in the right ankle and foot.
01/16/2024