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Elderly Farmer Experiences Strange Abdominal Rash and GI Symptoms

Moral of the story: don't walk barefoot in the fields

May 08, 2023
A photo of a senior woman laying in bed grimacing and holding her stomach.
Case Shows Danger of Gallstone Ileus in Patients Over 65

Clinicians found CT scan to be best diagnostic tool

May 01, 2023
 A photo of a senior woman outdoors doubled over in pain.
Diabetes Patient Develops Large Blisters, Macules on Lower Leg

Is infection, injury, or diabetic dermopathy responsible?

Apr 10, 2023
A photo of a man with large blisters on his foot.
Solitary Penile Ulcer Could Signal Various Sexually Transmitted Infections

PCR testing reveals an unusual presentation of an increasingly common disease

Apr 03, 2023
A computer rendering of an mpox lesion and an mpox virus.
Case Reports Detail Vision Loss Linked to Recalled Artificial Tears

Outbreak "may be a wake-up call for the field," say editorialists

Mar 22, 2023
 A photo of a senior man using eye drops.
Cases of Bald Spots After Regular Use of Detangling Hairbrushes

A report of three cases of trichomalacia in young women

Mar 20, 2023
A photo of a shocked-looking woman looking at the hair on her brush.
Strange Asymptomatic Rash Affects Young Man With Obesity for 2 Years

Diagnosis implicates high triglycerides as a contributor

Mar 13, 2023
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Patient's Colonoscopy Refusal Highlights Value of CRC Screening

Man with a first-degree relative with CRC initially only agreed to stool-based testing

Feb 27, 2023
A computer rendering of colorectal cancer.
What Caused a Mysterious Grayish Tongue Plaque in a Healthy Man?

Man presented with irregular gray-white ulcers on the soft palate, uvula, and tonsils

Feb 13, 2023
A photo of a young male physician inspecting the tongue of a mature man.
Diagnosing Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Do At-Home Testing Devices Measure Up?

Home test showed 52 apnea-hypopnea events per hour in woman with high blood pressure, weight gain

Feb 06, 2023
 A photo of a mature woman sleeping with a sleep apnea mask
Woman Seeks Answers After 3 Years of Painful Genital Ulcers

Histopathology reveals a disease most often seen in young children

Jan 30, 2023
A photo of a woman in a gynecological chair.
Why Is a Fit Swimmer Breathless and Coughing Up Blood?

Case highlights a little-known, potentially dangerous, often recurrent condition of swimmers

Jan 17, 2023
A photo of a mature female swimmer adjusting her goggles.
Regular Episodes of Fainting, Stomach Pain Plague Middle-Age Heavy Drinker

Symptoms persisted for 2 years before the patient was admitted to the hospital

Jan 09, 2023
A photo of a mature Asian man wincing in pain and touching his stomach.
Jazz Musician With Slowly Expanding Neck Mass Causing Dysphagia

Alcoholism, liver dysfunction highly linked with rare disease of unknown etiology

Jan 04, 2023
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