In this Diabetes Q&A, Kelley Williams, MD, and Kim A. Carmichael, MD, discuss the relationship between chronic kidney disease and diabetes, including the latest diagnostic criteria and the therapeutic...
A 37-year-old woman with no related medical history presented to the clinic with right-sided neck swelling. She reported having had swelling in the area for approximately 6 years, but she had recently noted...
A 60-year-old man presents for evaluation of abnormalities discovered during a biannual employment physical examination. The findings in question included obesity, abnormal blood glucose and glycated...
A 15-year-old girl with a history of depression was brought to the emergency department by emergency medical services for nausea and vomiting. Five hours prior to presentation, she had intentionally taken...
A 14-year-old girl presented with an ongoing problem with dental crowding in the area of the upper central incisors; a previous CT scan of the head had identified a cyst emanating from the area of the...
A 13-year-old previously healthy girl with a maternal family history of antiphospholipid syndrome presented with headache, blurry vision, and bilateral papilledema that had been confirmed with MRI and that...
A 3-month-old boy was brought to the clinic by his mother with concern for abnormal head shape. He had been born at term via spontaneous vaginal delivery, without any complications.
The authors conducted a retrospective review of cases of botulism in infants admitted to a Texas hospital from January 2010 to May 2018. They describe the epidemiology of infant botulism in Texas, along...
