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- Erythematous patches with keratotic annular borders on the glans penis
Reactive arthritis was diagnosed on the basis of urethritis, ocular symptoms, circinate balanitis, and sacroiliitis.
- A second-degree burn after MRI
After undergoing imaging, the patient had 2 new bullous lesions on his inner thighs.
- Heartburn or heart attack? A mimic of MI
The diagnosis: milk-alkali syndrome, complicated by thiazide use.
- Imaging suggestive, but symptoms atypical
Pseudosubarachnoid hemorrhage is an artifact of CT imaging.
- A dermatosis of pregnancy
Eight days after giving birth, a 33-year-old woman presented with pruritic erythematous papules and plaques on the abdomen.
- Palmar erythema as a sign of cancer
Red palms in an elderly patient can be due to a number of systemic diseases.
- Lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma presenting as retinal hemorrhage
New-onset blurred vision should prompt a comprehensive history and physical examination.
- Black hairy tongue cured concurrently with respiratory infection
Proposed causes include medications, hyposalivation, poor oral hygiene, smoking, and infection.
- Abdominal pain under immunosuppressive conditions
A cancer patient receiving corticosteroids for a brain metastasis developed emphysematous cystitis and psoas muscle abscess.
- Minocycline-induced hyperpigmentation
The patient presented with extensive bluish skin discoloration that had started 1 year earlier as a small area and then spread.