A 26-year-old woman presented with intermittent vision changes in her left eye of 5 months' duration. Episodes that lasted 1 to 8 seconds were described as darkening of vision in her left eye, which was...
A 73-year-old white female was becoming increasingly forgetful, reclusive, and had declining medical care in the past year. She presented with confusion, and her daughter-in-law said she was pulling out her...
A 41-year-old female presented with concerns about an enlarging irregular pigmented macule on the left temple that has changed over the last year in both size and color.
A 66-year-old male presented with a small, asymmetrical, 2 mm blue nodule on the sun-exposed portion of his arm of a few months duration. There is no history of trauma and it does not blanch.
Emily Ann K. Andaya, MD; Nabil Rizk, MD; Sumit Folga, MD
A 51-year-old white male with mental disability and known seizure disorder presented to his neurologist with a new onset of headache, dizziness, confusion, weakness, lethargy, and hand tremors.
A 76-year-old male was brought to the hospital following a ground-level fall. Despite an initial loss of consciousness, he was at his normal neurological baseline upon hospital admission.
Mustafa Al Maini, MD; Shabeer Nellikode, MD; Asim Abbasi, MD; Babar Navid, MD; Ramzi Ghanem, MD; Rani Jacob, MD; Samer Nuhaily, MD; Zujajah Hassan, MD
A 29-year-old Indian female with a past medical history of right cervical tuberculosis lymphadenitis was referred to our clinic from ophthalmology for worsening uveitis.
Since type 2 diabetes is associated with multiple physiologic abnormalities, combination therapy may help address many of these concerns concomitantly so as to minimize side effects and provide rapid...
Home monitoring of blood pressure and blood glucose have become mainstays in the treatment of hypertension and diabetes, allowing patients to take an active role in their disease management.
A 25-month-old white female presented with a 1.5-week history of intermittent, cramping, diffuse abdominal pain, increasing irritability, and decreased activity.
It should come as no surprise that physicians have repeatedly (and correctly) been accused of overprescribing antibiotics. The blame is not necessarily one-sided; patients often demand antibiotics to treat...
This article provides an overview of prediabetes and reviews the lifestyle interventions that can play a critical role in preventing patients from developing diabetes.
Since prompt identification and treatment of cellulitis is critical, primary care physicians should be familiar with the condition and know when to reach out to a specialist for assessment to provide the...
Ira Goodman, MD; Nima Khosravani, MS; Kurt Cicillioni, BS; Anamaria Shanley, MSN, ARNP-BC
This article reviews the prevalence, cost, and diagnosis of AD and presents 2 case studies demonstrating the clinical utility of florbetapir, an amyloid imaging compound, as part of the diagnostic...
January brings with it the start of a fresh year and here, at Consultant, we’re gearing up for a big 2015. In the coming months, you’ll see a continued focus on publishing visually engaging case reports,...
