DAVID L. KAPLAN, MD—Series Editor: Dr Kaplan is clinical assistant professor of dermatology at the University of Missouri Kansas City School of Medicine and at the University of Kansas School of Medicine. He practices adult and pediatric dermatology in Overland Park, Kan.
DAVID L. KAPLAN, MD—Series Editor: Dr...
This solitary, nonresolving erythematous lesion has been present on the mid thigh of a 73-year-old woman for several months. She reports that the lesion is asymptomatic, has not changed in size, and has...
DAVID L. KAPLAN, MD—Series Editor University of Missouri Kansas City, University of Kansas
DAVID L. KAPLAN, MD—Series Editor: Dr Kaplan is clinical assistant professor of dermatology at the University of Missouri Kansas City School of Medicine and at the University of Kansas School of Medicine. He practices adult and pediatric dermatology in Overland Park, Kan.
LAUREN NG, MD, MPH Thomas Jefferson University Hospital ADAM POSSNER, MD George Washington University The authors report no financial disclosures and no conflicts of interest.
MUMTAZ JAHAN, MD, NADA AL-HASHIMI, and VASANTHA KONDAMUDI, MD The Brooklyn Hospital Center, New York
Dr Jahan is attending physician and faculty, Ms Al-Hashimi is volunteer research assistant, and Dr Kondamudi is program chairperson, all in the department of family medicine at the Brooklyn Hospital Center in Brooklyn, New York.
MUMTAZ JAHAN, MD, NADA AL-HASHIMI, an...
<p>A 72-year-old woman with a history of hypertension and degenerative joint disease presents with severe vulvar pruritus of 10 years’ duration. The itching worsens with hot weather, anxiety, and...
SAID B. ISKANDAR, MD, I. GARCIA, MD, FACC, and STEPHEN FAHRIG, MD, FACC James H. Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University
At the time this was written, Drs Iskandar, Garcia, and Fahrig were with the division of cardiology, James H. Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University, the Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Mountain Home, Tennessee.
SAID B. ISKANDAR, MD, I. GARCIA, MD, ...
A 50-year-old man presents to the emergency department (ED) with midsternal chest discomfort. The pain started at 3:00 AM and was 6/10 in intensity; it was relieved by 2 sublingual nitroglycerin tablets. ...
SAID B. ISKANDAR, MD, I. GARCIA, MD, FACC, and STEPHEN FAHRIG, MD, FACC James H. Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University
At the time this was written, Drs Iskandar, Garcia, and Fahrig were with the division of cardiology, James H. Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University, the Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Mountain Home, Tennessee.
SAID B. ISKANDAR, MD, I. GARCIA, MD, ...
A 50-year-old man presents to the emergency department (ED) with midsternal chest discomfort. The pain started at 3:00 AM and was 6/10 in intensity; it was relieved by 2 sublingual nitroglycerin tablets. ...
GINA M. SIMONCINI, MD, GIULIANA I. DeFRANCESCH, MD, and MARY VAN den BERG-WOLF, MD Temple University Ronald N. Rubin, MD—Series Editor Temple University
Dr Simoncini is assistant professor of medicine at Temple University School of Medicine in Philadelphia. Dr DeFrancesch is associate professor of clinical medicine at Temple University School of Medicine. Dr Van den Berg-Wolf is clinical professor of medicine and deputy director of the Comprehensive Temple HIV Program at Temple University School of Medicine.
RONALD N. RUBIN, MD—Series Editor: Dr Rubin is professor of medicine at Temple University School of Medicine and chief of clinical hematology in the department of medicine at Temple University Hospital, both in Philadelphia.
GINA M. SIMONCINI, MD, GIULIANA I. De...
Due to his age, an older man with HIV infection presents for a preoperative risk assessment before a total hip replacement.
JOE R. MONROE, PA-C, MPAS Warren Clinic, Tulsa, Oklahoma
JOE R. MONROE, PA-C, MPAS
Warren Clin...
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This 40-year-old woman complains of “hair loss,” although she has not noticed any unusual amounts of hair on her brush or comb or in the sink when she shampoos. She says that the...
<p>Pain need not be an unbearable fact of life for most adults who have, or who have been treated for, cancer. Cancer-related pain can usually be controlled.</p>
GREGORY W. RUTECKI, MD—Series Editor University of South Alabama
Dr Rutecki is professor of medicine at the University of South Alabama College of Medicine in Mobile. He is also a member of the editorial board of CONSULTANT.
GREGORY W. RUTECKI, MD—Series Editor
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Does acute...
<p>“You’ll shoot your eye out!” the classic warning to Ralphie Parker in the 1983 movie <em>A Christmas Story</em> elucidates the danger of BB guns, but somehow that caution has not...
BRITNEY BLAIR, PsyD Stanford University JENNIFER L. MARTIN, PhD University of California, Los Angeles
BRITNEY BLAIR, PsyD
Stanford Universi...
Insomnia is associated with medical and mental health problems. If left untreated, it can negatively impact quality of life and cause pain and depression.
In this, the last issue of our 52nd year of publication, we want to extend our thanks to the following reviewers who appraised at least one manuscript for us in 2012.
<p>As we look forward to 2013, our 53rd year of publication, we are pleased to announce the launch of the tablet edition of Consultant—and a new online contest, Photo Quiz Challenge, on the official...