Oncology

  • Hiding in clear sight: Complications of immunosuppressive therapies
    Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2016, 83 (12) 862-863; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83b.12016

    Immunosuppressive drugs can mask the signs of deep infection and thus delay its diagnosis.

  • Phlegmasia cerulea dolens from radiation-induced venous stenosis
    Suman Paul, MBBS, PhD and Mujeeb Sheikh, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2016, 83 (12) 865-867; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.15166

    The patient had received pelvic radiation 10 years earlier for prostate cancer.

  • Abdominal pain under immunosuppressive conditions
    Takayo Ota, MD, PhD, Masanobu Nakano, MSc, Noriko Tanaka, MD, Tomohiro Suzumura, MD, PhD, Nozomi Miyatake, BPharm, Yoshikazu Hasegawa, MD, PhD, Tomohiro Ozaki, MD, Hiroshi Tsukuda, MD and Masahiro Fukuoka, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2016, 83 (12) 874-875; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.15143

    A cancer patient receiving corticosteroids for a brain metastasis developed emphysematous cystitis and psoas muscle abscess.

  • When should an indwelling pleural catheter be considered for malignant pleural effusion?
    Abdul Hamid Alraiyes, MD, FCCP, Kassem Harris, MD, FCCP and Thomas R. Gildea, MD, MS, FCCP
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2016, 83 (12) 891-894; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.15075

    Consider catheter placement if symptoms and effusions recur or if pleurodesis fails.

  • Radiation-induced heart disease: A practical guide to diagnosis and management
    Eoin Donnellan, MD, Dermot Phelan, MD, PhD, Cian P. McCarthy, MD, Patrick Collier, MD, PhD, Milind Desai, MD and Brian Griffin, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2016, 83 (12) 914-922; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.15104

    Unfortunately, radiotherapy for breast cancer or lymphoma can damage the heart.

  • Plexiform neurofibroma
    Satvinder Singh Bakshi, MS, DNB
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2016, 83 (11) 792; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.16002

    A 19-year-old woman presented with diffuse swelling on her neck and face that had been growing gradually for 12 years.

  • Air leakage in multiple compartments after endoscopy
    Amanda Grippen Goddard, DO, Bryan McConomy, MD, Girish Bathla, MBBS, FRCR, Muhammad Furqan, MBBS and William B. Silverman, MD, FACG, FASGE, AGAF
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2016, 83 (10) 705-707; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.15168

    An attempt to cannulate the common bile duct led to abdominal pain and distention and crepitus of the right chest wall.

  • Your patient has chronic leukemia: Now what?
    Matt Kalaycio, MD, FACP
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2016, 83 (8) 575-581; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83gr.16002

    New therapies for chronic myelogenous leukemia and chronic lymphocytic leukemia are increasing the number of survivors.

  • Detecting cancer: Pearls for the primary care physician
    Simon B. Zeichner, DO and Alberto J. Montero, MD, MBA
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 2016, 83 (7) 515-523; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.15124

    Primary care physicians play a vital role in detecting cancers at earlier stages.

  • Multiple linear subcutaneous nodules
    Gitesh U. Sawatkar, MD, Dipankar De, MD, Uma Nahar Saikia, MD and Sanjeev Handa, MD, FRCP (EDIN)
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 2016, 83 (6) 414-416; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.15058

    A 34-year-old woman has an asymptomatic swelling on her foot that has been slowly growing for 15 years.

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