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Pruritic rash.

Tags: 2009, Administration, Adolescent, Allergens, Allergic Contact/*diagnosis/drug therapy/etiology, Brodell Robert T, Dermatitis, Diagnosis, Differential, Eczema/*diagnosis, Family Practice/methods, Female, Humans, Middle Aged, Nedorost Susan, Nickel/*adverse effects/immunology, Patch Tests, Prognosis, Pruritus/*diagnosis/drug therapy/etiology, Risk Assessment, Severity of Illness Index, Steroids/therapeutic use, The Journal of family practice, Topical, Treatment Outcome, Uhlenhake Elizabeth

Systematic approach to diagnosis and initial management of stroke.

Stroke is a medical emergency with high rates of mortality and morbidity. Ischemic stroke should be distinguished from hemorrhagic stroke. Indicators of hemorrhagic stroke include coma, vomiting, severe headache, a systolic blood pressure greater…

Tags: 1995, American family physician, Brain Ischemia/complications, Cerebral Hemorrhage/complications, Cerebrovascular Disorders/complications/*diagnosis/etiology/*therapy, Department of Family & Community Medicine, Diagnosis, Differential, Disabato J A, Humans, Krishen A E, NEOMED College of Medicine, Smucker W D

Solitary lesion on the left ankle.

Tags: 2015, Aged, Ankle, Cutis, Department of Internal Medicine, Diagnosis, Differential, Humans, Male, Mostow Eliot N, NEOMED College of Medicine, Porokeratosis/*diagnosis/pathology, Shenoy Renuka

Young girl with lower leg rash.

Reactive arthritis and Reiter's syndrome.

Reactive arthritis is an important source of morbidity. It is acquired through infectious agent diarrhea (food poisoning) or from sexual contact. Recognition is important because it allows a therapeutic approach that usually results in improvement of…

Tags: *Arthritis, 1994, Comprehensive therapy, Diagnosis, Differential, Humans, Reactive/complications/diagnosis/microbiology/pathology, Rothschild B

Tinea versicolor of the face in black children in a temperate region.

Tinea versicolor is a common superficial fungal infection that typically affects young adults in warm, humid climates. We describe two young black children in the temperate northeastern Ohio area with tinea versicolor limited to the face. The…

Tags: *African Continental Ancestry Group, *Weather, 1989, Brodell R T, Child, Clotrimazole/therapeutic use, Cutis, Diagnosis, Differential, Facial Dermatoses/drug therapy/etiology/*pathology, Humans, Ketoconazole/therapeutic use, Kyanko M E, Male, Ohio, Pontasch M J, Sebum/analysis, Tinea Versicolor/drug therapy/etiology/*pathology

Evaluation of neck masses in children.

Neck masses in children may be inflammatory, neoplastic or congenital. Although most of these masses are benign inflammatory nodes, an asymptomatic neck mass is the most common presentation of head and neck malignancies in children. Cystic lesions…

The incarceration of individuals with severe mental disorders.

This study examines the extent to which severely mentally disabled (SMD) patients in one county mental health system were incarcerated in the local jail and examines characteristics of a sample (N = 30) of such individuals. We found that in the study…

The use of radioisotope scans in the evaluation of primary lymphoma of bone.

Primary lymphoma of bone is a rare lesion comprising less than 5% of all malignant primary bone tumors. Because of this rarity, the diagnosis of this lesion based on clinical findings and standard radiographic evaluations is extremely difficult and…

Giant intraarticular loose bodies of the knee. Cases demonstrate spectrum of the lesion.

Synovial chondromatosis is a well-known, well-described clinical and histopathologic entity. Occasionally, loose bodies in the knee joint can continue to grow and become large enough to impinge on joint motion. Extremely large synovial chondromata…

Tags: *Knee Joint, 1986, Aged, Chondroma/*diagnosis/surgery, Diagnosis, Differential, Ewing J W, Female, Greenberg B, Humans, Joint Diseases/*diagnosis, Joint Loose Bodies/*diagnosis/surgery, Leeson M C, Male, Orthopaedic review, Wilcox P

Frictional asymptomatic darkening of the extensor surfaces.

Frictional asymptomatic darkening of the extensor surfaces (FADES), also known as hyperkeratosis of the elbows and knees, is commonly seen by dermatologists but has never been well characterized. Patients present with uniform, asymptomatic, brown…

Tags: *Friction, 2005, Adult, Aged, Brodell Robert T, Cutis, Diagnosis, Differential, Elbow, Humans, Keratosis/*diagnosis/drug therapy/*etiology, Knee, Krishnamurthy Smita, Male, Middle Aged, Sigdel Saroj

Bilateral adrenal metastases simulating abnormal renal uptake on a Ga-67 scan.

Tags: 2001, Adrenal Gland Neoplasms/pathology/*secondary, Carcinoma, Chalfant M L, Clinical nuclear medicine, Diagnosis, Differential, Female, Gallium Radioisotopes, Goyal M, Humans, Kidney/*diagnostic imaging, Konez O, Lung Neoplasms/*pathology, Middle Aged, Non-Small-Cell Lung/pathology/*secondary, Radionuclide Imaging, Radiopharmaceuticals

A reappraisal of appendicitis in the elderly.

Historically, appendicitis in the elderly is associated with higher morbidity and mortality. Ninety-six patients over 60 years of age with appendicitis treated over a 10-year period were reviewed. Only 20% presented classically with anorexia, fever,…

Tags: 1990, 80 and over, Aged, American journal of surgery, Appendicitis/complications/*diagnosis/mortality/surgery, Diagnosis, Differential, Female, Guyton D P, Horattas M C, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Postoperative Complications, Retrospective Studies, Time Factors, Wu D

Disseminated brown tumors from hyperparathyroidism masquerading as metastatic cancer: a complication of parathyroid carcinoma.

Osteitis fibrosa cystica (brown tumors) can be a skeletal manifestation of advanced hyperparathyroidism, including parathyroid cancer. Severe osteitis fibrosa cystica can mimic metastatic bone diseases especially in patients with a history of cancer.…

Tags: 2001, Carcinoma, Carcinoma/*complications, Diagnosis, Differential, Female, Gupta A, Horattas M C, Humans, Hyperparathyroidism/complications, Kidney Neoplasms/pathology, Middle Aged, Moattari A R, Osteitis Fibrosa Cystica/*diagnosis/*etiology, Parathyroid Neoplasms/*complications, Renal Cell/secondary, Shorten S D, The American surgeon

Anorexia and bulimia.

Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa are eating disorders with distinct clinical presentations. Reduced caloric intake, a hallmark of both disorders, is manifested by self-induced starvation in anorexia and by binge eating and gastrointestinal…

Tags: 1990, Adolescent, Adult, American family physician, Anorexia Nervosa/complications/diagnosis/*therapy, Bulimia/complications/diagnosis/*therapy, Combined Modality Therapy, Diagnosis, Differential, Female, Giannini A J, Gold M, Humans, Male, Newman M

Toxic streptococcal syndrome.

The streptococcal toxic shocklike syndrome is a recently recognized, multisystem disorder that shares many of the features of staphylococcal toxic shock syndrome, but is caused by toxins elaborated by group A beta-hemolytic Streptococcus. We describe…

Tags: 1990, Adult, Annals of emergency medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Diagnosis, Differential, Emergency Service, Female, Fontanarosa P B, Gallo U E, Hospital, Humans, NEOMED College of Medicine, Pharyngitis/*complications, Septic/blood/*diagnosis/etiology, Shock, Sinusitis/*complications, Streptococcal Infections/*complications, Streptococcus pyogenes

Locked-in syndrome: report of a case.

Locked-in syndrome is a unique clinical condition associated with ventral pontine lesions. The locked-in state is characterized by tetraplegia and mutism with maintenance of alertness as well as vertical eye movements and eye blinking, by which…

Tags: *Quadriplegia/diagnosis, 1989, Coma/diagnosis, Department of Emergency Medicine, Diagnosis, Differential, Fontanarosa P B, Gallo U E, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, NEOMED College of Medicine, Prognosis, The American journal of emergency medicine

Magnetic resonance imaging to avoid laparotomy in pregnancy.

OBJECTIVE: To determine whether magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in pregnancy would help define a benign pelvic mass, thereby avoiding laparotomy. METHODS: During a 2-3-year period, five pregnant women with adnexal masses suspected to be leiomyomas…

Swelling of the lips.

Tags: *Edema/blood/diagnosis/etiology, 2015, American family physician, Brodell Robert T, Bukavina Laura, Complement C1 Inhibitor Protein/*analysis, Complement C1q/analysis, Complement C3/analysis, Complement C4/analysis, Diagnosis, Differential, Humans, Lip/*pathology, Male, Medical History Taking, Middle Aged, Rangwani Neil

Bedside testing: the diagnostic cornerstone of dermatology.

Tags: 1997, Brodell R T, Comprehensive therapy, Diagnosis, Differential, Helms S E, Herpesviridae Infections/*diagnosis, Humans, Microscopy/*methods, Scabies/*diagnosis, Skin Diseases/diagnosis, Staining and Labeling/methods, Tinea/*diagnosis

Malignant mesothelioma: a case presentation and review.

Diffuse malignant mesothelioma is the most common primary tumor involving the pleura. Unfortunately, it also poses the most difficulty for physicians to diagnose and treat. Latency from the time of initial asbestos exposure, clinical features of…

Effect of Precompression on the Power Doppler Assessment of Breast Lesion Vascularity.

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the effect of precompression on power Doppler visualization of blood flow in breast masses. METHODS: This Institutional Review Board-approved and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act-compliant study evaluated 30…

Sonographic Elastography of Mastitis.

Sonographic elastography has been shown to be a useful imaging modality in characterizing breast lesions as benign or malignant. However, in preliminary research, mastitis has given false-positive findings on both strain and shear wave elastography.…

Parvovirus mimicking acute HIV infection.

Tags: 2015, Adult, Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine, Diagnosis, Differential, Fernandez Anthony P, HIV Infections/*diagnosis, Humans, Male, Parvoviridae Infections/*diagnosis, Saed Stephanie, Tomecki Kenneth J, Weinstein Velez Mara

An elderly woman with severe anemia.

Tags: 2007, Aged, Anemia, Biopsy, Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine, Diagnosis, Differential, Fatal Outcome, Female, Fine-Needle, Hayek Emil, Humans, Iron-Deficiency/diagnosis/*etiology, Liver Neoplasms/complications/diagnostic imaging/secondary, Malignant Carcinoid Syndrome/*complications/diagnosis, Severity of Illness Index, Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Uncovering tinea incognito. Topical corticosteroids can mask typical features of ringworm.

Childhood shingles. Herpes zoster can occur in healthy children too.

The persistent nonhealing ulcer. Could it be basal cell carcinoma?

Tags: 2001, Aged, Basal Cell – Diagnosis, Basal Cell – Physiopathology, Basal Cell/complications/*pathology, Brodell R T, Carcinoma, Chronic Disease, Diagnosis, Differential, Humans, Male, Postgraduate medicine, Risk Factors, Skin Neoplasms/complications/*pathology, Ulcer/*etiology, Wagamon K

Resistant' nail fungus. Are you fighting the real invader?

Tags: 1999, Brodell R T, Cysts/*diagnosis/surgery, Diagnosis, Differential, Female, Hand Dermatoses, Helms S E, Humans, Hydroxides, Middle Aged, Nail Diseases/*diagnosis/surgery, Onychomycosis/*diagnosis, Postgraduate medicine, Potassium Compounds

Crusted (Norwegian) scabies. A simple office test demystifies the 'great imitator'.

Sarcoidosis appearing in a tattoo.

BACKGROUND: Sarcoidosis is a systemic disease that may present as tattoo granulomas. OBJECTIVE: A patient with systemic sarcoidosis who developed a granulomatous reaction within a tattoo is presented to stimulate interest in this unusual phenomenon.…

Tags: 2008, Abdomen, Adult, Ali Saba M, Brodell Robert T, Coloring Agents/adverse effects, Diagnosis, Differential, Female, Gilliam Anita C, Humans, Journal of cutaneous medicine and surgery, Sarcoidosis/*diagnosis/*etiology/pathology, Skin Diseases/*diagnosis/*etiology/pathology, Tattooing/*adverse effects

Incidental findings in the cervical spine at CT for trauma evaluation.

OBJECTIVE: CT is the standard of care for assessment of traumatic injuries. Because of the detail depicted with this technique, findings incidental to the injury are easily detected. We sought to determine the frequency and types of incidental…

Six stroma-based RNA markers diagnostic for prostate cancer in European-Americans validated at the RNA and protein levels in patients in China.

We previously analyzed human prostate tissue containing stroma near to tumor and from cancer-negative tissues of volunteers. Over 100 candidate gene expression differences were identified and used to develop a classifier that could detect nearby…

Mediastinal mass in a 25-year-old man.

A 25-year-old black man presented with left-sided chest pain and cough for 3 days. His pain was pressure-like and nonradiating and was aggravated with movement and relieved when the patient lay at a 45 degrees angle. The patient denied fevers,…

A Rare Case of Tubulointerstitial Nephritis and Uveitis Syndrome Treated with a Multi-Specialty Approach.

BACKGROUND It is important for an ophthalmologist and nephrologist to look for hidden causes of uveitis and nephritis, respectively. Delay in diagnosis leads to increased morbidity and failure to systemically manage the patient results in future…

The Case of the Previously Shaky, Unimmunized, Itchy Infant With Rash and Pancytopenia.

Relevance of routine admission electrocardiograms for psychiatric patients.

OBJECTIVE: To make clinically relevant recommendations for electrocardiogram (ECG) testing among psychiatric patients, the study examined the practice of ordering ECGs for this population. METHODS: The records of 4,045 patients consecutively admitted…

Diagnosis of 'possible' mitochondrial disease: an existential crisis.

Primary genetic mitochondrial diseases are often difficult to diagnose, and the term 'possible' mitochondrial disease is used frequently by clinicians when such a diagnosis is suspected. There are now many known phenocopies of mitochondrial disease.…

Trigeminal neuralgia.

Trigeminal neuralgia is an uncommon disorder characterized by recurrent attacks of lancinating pain in the trigeminal nerve distribution. Typically, brief attacks are triggered by talking, chewing, teeth brushing, shaving, a light touch, or even a…

Tags: *Trigeminal Neuralgia/diagnosis/physiopathology/therapy, 2008, American family physician, Analgesics, Carbamazepine/therapeutic use, Department of Family & Community Medicine, Diagnosis, Differential, Humans, Krafft Rudolph M, NEOMED College of Medicine, Non-Narcotic/therapeutic use, Physical Examination

The often overlooked digital tuft: clues to diagnosis and pathophysiology of neuropathic disease and spondyloarthropathy.

OBJECTIVE: To assess diagnostic implications of abnormalities of the pedal digital tufts and to identify features to facilitate distinguishing of spondyloarthropathy and leprosy. BACKGROUND: Better criteria for distinguishing between these disorders…

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