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  • Rapid cognitive decline and myoclonus in a 52-year-old woman
    William Gravley, MS, Caleb Murphy, MD, MBA, Chia-Dan Kang, MD and Badrunnisa Hanif, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2021, 88 (10) 572-583; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.20004

    Symptoms also included confusion, blank staring, blurred vision, incoordination of the extremities, decreased verbal communication, and holding her left hand in a fist.

  • An 86-year-old man with unexplained right-sided headache and vision loss
    Marc Ohlhausen, BS, Eden Bernstein, MD and Craig D. Nielsen, MD, FACP
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2021, 88 (9) 494-501; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.20077

    Steroid treatment for suspected giant cell arteritis brought no improvement in vision or headache severity.

  • New bullous lesions in a 72-year-old woman
    Hadrian Mendoza, MD, Justin Goodwin, MS, Jeffrey Gehlhausen, MD, Ian Odell, MD, PhD, Jennifer McNiff, MD and Karthik Gnanapandithan, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 2021, 88 (6) 319-324; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.20180

    Her history included psoriasis, chronic lower-extremity edema, and hypertension.

  • Pregnancy in a woman with congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries
    Pregnancy in a woman with congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries
    Sarah A. Goldstein, MD, Lisa Sorenson, CNP, Jeffrey B. Chapa, MD and Richard A. Krasuski, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2021, 88 (4) 228-236; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.20136

    She presents with nausea and emesis 7 weeks after her last menstrual period.

  • Severe thrombocytopenia in a patient with otherwise asymptomatic COVID-19
    Lauren M. Granat, DO, MS, Achintya D. Singh, MBBS, MD, Matthew Cortese, MD, MPH, Vicente Velez, MD, FACP, FHM and Alan Lichtin, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2021, 88 (2) 86-92; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.20154

    A young woman, seemingly healthy, presented with easy bruising.

  • A 21-year-old woman with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and persistent lightheadedness
    Raed Qarajeh, MD, Laith A. Derbas, MD, Mouin Abdallah, MD, MSc and Faraz Kureshi, MD, MSc
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2021, 88 (2) 93-97; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.19137

    She has a long history of lightheadedness upon standing, and it is getting worse.

  • Acute pancreatitis secondary to hypertriglyceridemia
    Michael A. Munoz, MD, Kaviya Sathyakumar, MD and Benson A. Babu, MD, MBA
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2020, 87 (12) 742-750; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19156

    A man presents with acute severe abdominal pain and triglycerides 5,250 mg/dL.

  • Fever in a lung transplant recipient
    Graham Walter, MD, Hanna Lyubetska, MD, MSc and Aditya Sharma, MD, FRCPC
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2020, 87 (12) 735-741; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19132

    A 36-year-old woman presents with high fevers, chills, nausea, decreased oral intake, and diarrhea.

  • Peripheral artery disease and unusual skin findings
    Aaron Andrew Heigaard Smith, MD, Erin Luxenberg, MD and Roberta Meyers, MD, MPH
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2020, 87 (10) 605-612; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19074

    A 68-year-old man was admitted because of worsening skin problems in his legs.

  • Gastroenteritis gone rogue
    Jason Russ, MD and Areeba Kara, MD, MS, FACP, SFHM
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2020, 87 (3) 139-144; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19007

    A 56-year-old woman presented with 2 weeks of vomiting and diarrhea. Her troubles were just beginning.

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