Volume 45 - Issue 7 - July 2005

Because most presenting symptoms resolve, at least briefly, the diagnosis is often delayed for years—much to the patient’s detriment. Here: clues to early recognition.

What clues on the radiographs point to the cause?

Read the details of this case, answer the “quiz” questions—and get immediate feedback about your diagnostic and therapeutic choices.

Macular hole, dry age-related macular degeneration, diabetic maculopathy, postoperative cystoid macular edema, branch retinal vein occlusion.

A 34-year-old man is seen for routine annual physical examination. Heavy smoker. No oral symptoms, no oral trauma. Denies recent weight loss, hematochezia, and fatigue.

No epidemiologic or clinical features decisively distinguish CA-MRSA infections from those caused by other staphylococcal strains.

An inflamed linear eruption; pruritic bullae; discrete areas of thick, crusty scale on the scalp—can you identify the disorders pictured here?

In his Photo Essay case of a 5-year-old girl with a herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection on her thumb (Figure), Dr Robert Blereau writes that treatment consisted of mupirocin ointment...

Introducing a new CONSULTANT series: Snapshots: Noteworthy New Developments in Medicine

A topical antifungal failed to alleviate her symptoms—what next?

A 43-year-old man presented with intermittent upper abdominal pain, which had begun the previous day after eating toast.

An otherwise healthy 40-year-old woman presented with a rash on her forehead and nose and erythema of her right eye.

Osteochondromas most commonly affect the femur. They vary in size (from 1 to 15 cm) and may be pedunculated or sessile.

Acanthosis nigricans indicates insulin resistance and is commonly associated with obesity; diabetes mellitus; other endocrinopathies.