Volume 45 - Issue 6 - June 2005

Inhibitors of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system have become important tools in the management of hypertension, diabetic renal disease, and CHF.

The main factors involved in the pathogenesis of hepatic artery aneurysms are atherosclerosis, medial degeneration, trauma, and infection.

Systemic to pulmonary arteriovenous fistulas are extremely rare.

Is the swelling related to a head injury he sustained 4 weeks earlier—or is something else going on here?

Trousseau syndrome is a spontaneous, recurrent, superficial migratory thrombophlebitis associated with occult cancers.

High LDL and HDL: Implications in a Perimenopausal Woman; Balancing Clot Prevention and Bleeding Risk in TIA Therapy; and Pneumonia Risk in Patients With Achalasia

A 37-year-old man presents with a large, pruritic, hyperpigmented, lichenified plaque on the left side of his upper back.

Hyperpigmentation on the neck; slightly scaling, erythematous oval lesions; a highly pruritic inguinal rash—can you identify the disorders pictured here?

Health care providers have an important role in helping the adolescent understand the risks involved with drug experimentation.

Nail involvement and the lesions of “garden-variety,” guttate, plaque, and pustular psoriasis are pictured here.

Talipes equinus always impairs gait, often produces pain, and predisposes to ulcerations.