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Case in Point
Rapid, Spontaneous Resolution of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis
04/26/2024

Jacob Moser1 • Abigail Bourland1 • Richard Byrd, MD2

Jacob Moser1 • Abigail Bourland1 • Richard Byrd, MD2
A 13-year-old, right-handed, adolescent boy presented to his pediatrician for his annual health maintenance examination with no chief complaint.
04/26/2024
What's The Take Home?
WTTH
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
Case In Point
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Case In Point
Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis in a 7-Year-Old
03/22/2023
A 7-year-old boy with no significant medical history presented to our emergency department with progressive mental status changes. The patient’s symptoms had started 2 weeks prior to presentation with...
03/22/2023
Photoclinic
Cervical Dermal Sinus
Photoclinic
Cervical Dermal Sinus Associated With Intradural Dermoid Cyst
08/14/2022
A 12-month-old boy presented as an outpatient to a pediatrician with concern for a posterior cervical dimple.
08/14/2022
Photoclinic
Photoclinic
The Vacuum Phenomenon in Spinal Imaging
04/12/2022

Aleksandr Drozdov, MD, and Shobhana Chaudhari, MD

Aleksandr Drozdov, MD, and Shobhana Chaudhari, MD
CT scans of an 81-year-old woman revealed vacuum phenomena in the intervertebral disks on the levels L1 through S1. Many internists are not familiar with the interpretation of this finding and its clinical...
04/12/2022
Photoclinic
Photoclinic
Retropharyngeal Tear
06/22/2020
A previously healthy 2-year-old boy presented with a 2-day history of dysphagia. He refused to eat or drink and would not swallow his saliva and thus was constantly drooling.
06/22/2020
Photoclinic
Photoclinic
Acute Flaccid Myelitis
01/02/2020
A 2-year-old previously healthy, fully-immunized right-hand–dominant boy presented to a children’s emergency department with acute-onset fever and paralysis of his right upper extremity.
01/02/2020
Photoclinic
Photoclinic
Chiari Malformation Type I
10/29/2019

Nicholas V. Mendez, BS, and Kelsey A. Musgrove, BS
Florida International University, Miami

Syed A. A. Rizvi, PhD, and Sultan S. Ahmed, MD
Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Ayman M. Salah, PhD
King Abdullah International Medical Research Center,
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Jasmin Ahmed, BS
Spartan Health Sciences University, Vieux Fort, St Lucia

Nicholas V. Mendez, BS, and Kelsey A. Musgrove, BS Florida International University, M...
​A 33-year-old woman with no significant past medical history presented to our family medicine practice with concern for a headache when she laughs or leans her head forward.
10/29/2019
Photoclinic
Photoclinic
Cerebrospinal Fluid Ascites as a Late Complication of Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Placement
08/05/2019

Maheen Siddiqi, MD, and Anil Kesavan, MD
Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois

Maheen Siddiqi, MD, and Anil Kesavan, MD Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illin...
Ascites is defined as a pathologic amount of fluid in the peritoneal cavity. It is a relatively uncommon condition in the pediatric population.
08/05/2019
Case Report
Case Report
Low Back Pain: A Case of Malakoplakia
12/28/2018

Nonna Kozlenko, DO, and Nikita Shah, DO 

Nonna Kozlenko, DO, and Nikita Shah, DO 
A 74-year-old man presented to his primary care provider with a 1-month history of new-onset low back pain.
12/28/2018