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  • Fixed drug eruption from pamabrom
    Susan Nedorost, MD, James S. Taylor, MD, Charles Camisa, MD, Kenneth J. Tomecki, MD, Thomas Helm, MD and William J. Durkin
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 1991, 58 (1) 33-34;

    Oral rechallenge was used to diagnose a reaction to an ingredient in a menstrual symptom reliever.

  • Parenteral nitrogen mustard for inflammatory arthritis
    William S. Wilke, MD, Charles Sexton, MD and Willard Steck, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 1990, 57 (7) 643-646;

    Intravenous nitrogen mustard may be an alternative therapy for progressive psoriatic arthritis that is refractory to methotrexate.

  • Metastatic carcinoma of the prostate with hypercalcemia
    Jay H. Avashia, MD, T. Declan Walsh, MSC, Anthony J. Thomas, MD, Mitchell Kaye, MD and Angelo Licata, MD, PHD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 1990, 57 (7) 636-638;

    Hypercalcemia in a patient with advanced prostatic cancer was probably a metabolic complication.

  • The effects of steroid therapy on pulmonary hypertension secondary to fibrosing mediastinitis
    Edward M. Cordasco, DO, Muzaffar Ahmad, MD, Atul Mehta, MD and Felipe Rubio, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 1990, 57 (7) 647-652;

    Steroid therapy can be used most effectively if hemodynamic and scintigraphic studies are performed before and after a therapeutic trial.

  • Pneumomediastinum and subcutaneous emphysema during laparoscopy
    Santosh B. Kalhan, MBBS, John A. Reaney, MD and Robert L. Collins, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 1990, 57 (7) 639-642;

    Pneumomediastinum and massive subcutaneous emphysema developed during a diagnostic and operative laparoscopy with laser fulguration of endometriosis.

  • Myelodysplastic syndrome and transient acantholytic dermatosis
    Paul F. Rockley, MD, Wilma F. Bergfeld, MD, Kenneth J. Tomecki, MD and Jan K. Brydon, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 1990, 57 (6) 575-577;

    Darier’s type of transient acantholytic dermatosis developed in a patient with myelodysplasia and was treated with steroids and antihistamines.

  • Monocytic leukemoid reaction, glucocorticoid therapy, and myelodysplastic syndrome
    Manoel Moraes, MD, John Wilkes, MD and James N. Lowder, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 1990, 57 (6) 571-574;

    A monocytic leukemoid reaction in a patient with myelodysplastic syndrome was related to the effect of corticosteroids on the underlying marrow disorder.

  • Clinical features of the yellow nail syndrome
    Edward M. Cordasco, DO, S. Beder, MD, Adele Coltro, MD, S. Bavbek, MD, H. Gurses, MD and Atul C. Mehta, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 1990, 57 (5) 472-476;

    A patient displayed the classic symptoms that are diagnostic of this rare cause of exudative pleural effusions.

  • Carbamazepine-induced dyskinesia and ophthalmoplegia
    Michael J. Schwartzman, DO and Ilo E. Leppik, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 1990, 57 (4) 367-372;
  • Mosaic hair color changes in alopecia areata
    Anne K. McBride, MD and Wilma F. Bergfeld, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 1990, 57 (4) 354-356;

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