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Case Studies

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A photo of a fecal sample container.

<乌鸦传媒>Child Develops Voluminous Diarrhea After Amoxicillin

Discordant test results complicate diagnosis of suspected C. difficile

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<乌鸦传媒>Patient Develops Inflamed Rash After Double Mastectomy

Incision sites were itchy, painful, red, and oozing and were not showing signs of healing

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<乌鸦传媒>HIV Patient With Movement Disorder Has Different Symptoms on Left and Right Sides

An unusual manifestation of cerebral toxoplasmosis

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<乌鸦传媒>Young Man's Claw-Like Hands and Annular, Reddened Skin Plaques

Clinicians diagnose a notorious transmissible bacterial infection rarely seen in the U.S.

A photo of a mother holding a thermometer and the other hand on her son鈥檚 forehead as he lays in bed.

<乌鸦传媒>What Caused Boy in Rural Area to Develop High Fever and Hemoptysis?

Rural life has its hazards, as clinicians in China explain

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<乌鸦传媒>A Young Girl's Sudden Bilateral Mydriasis and Abnormal Gait

An infection treated 2 weeks earlier may have been the culprit

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<乌鸦传媒>Breast Cancer Patient Develops Heart Palpitations and Dyspnea

Symptom resolution after stopping anti-HER2 therapy suggests treatment-related cardiotoxicity

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<乌鸦传媒>Why Does This Newborn Have Brittle Hair and Parchment-Like Skin?

Genetic testing helps identify this rare autosomal recessive genodermatosis

A photo of a man鈥檚 torso affected by erythroderma.

<乌鸦传媒>Why Did Older Man Develop Itchy, Full-Body Rash?

Here's how the medical team diagnosed and treated the rare inflammatory skin disorder

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<乌鸦传媒>Healthy Young Woman Experiences Heart Palpitations in the Last Month of Pregnancy

Pregnancy can cause a range of changes in cardiac function and ECG findings

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<乌鸦传媒>Repeated Syncope in a Woman With No Known Heart Disease

Idiopathic ventricular fibrillation can affect people with no clinical evidence of heart disease

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<乌鸦传媒>What Is Causing Progressive Vision Problems in a 32-Year-Old Woman?

A glaucoma diagnosis at a young age should prompt timely genetic testing

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<乌鸦传媒>What Caused Visual Disturbance in Kidney Transplant Patient?

Genetic testing identified PAX2 gene variant

A photo of a senior woman laying in bed grimacing and holding her stomach.

<乌鸦传媒>Elderly Farmer Experiences Strange Abdominal Rash and GI Symptoms

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

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<乌鸦传媒>Case Shows Danger of Gallstone Ileus in Patients Over 65

Clinicians found CT scan to be best diagnostic tool

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<乌鸦传媒>Man Goes Blind After Binging on Booze and Crystal Meth

Look beyond uremia and acidosis for rare cause of lentiform fork sign on MRI, authors say

An ophthalmoscope view of the retina of a patient showing the effects of a cytomegalovirus infection.

<乌鸦传媒>Floaters Affect Vision of Kidney Transplant Patient

UL97- and UL54-resistant CMV retinitis treated with multivirus-specific T-cell therapy

A photo of a man with large blisters on his foot.

<乌鸦传媒>Diabetes Patient Develops Large Blisters, Macules on Lower Leg

Is infection, injury, or diabetic dermopathy responsible?

A computer rendering of an mpox lesion and an mpox virus.

<乌鸦传媒>Solitary Penile Ulcer Could Signal Various Sexually Transmitted Infections

PCR testing reveals an unusual presentation of an increasingly common disease

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<乌鸦传媒>Cases of Bald Spots After Regular Use of Detangling Hairbrushes

A report of three cases of trichomalacia in young women

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<乌鸦传媒>Strange Asymptomatic Rash Affects Young Man With Obesity for 2 Years

Diagnosis implicates high triglycerides as a contributor

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<乌鸦传媒>Balloon Mitral Valvotomy Interrupted by Acute Pulmonary Embolism in Young Woman

Patient recovered quickly, thanks to cardiologist's fast response

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<乌鸦传媒>Patient's Colonoscopy Refusal Highlights Value of CRC Screening

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

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<乌鸦传媒>Man Presents With Episodic, One-Sided Facial Paralysis

Uncommon presentation of MS detailed in case report

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<乌鸦传媒>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

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<乌鸦传媒>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

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<乌鸦传媒>Woman Seeks Answers After 3 Years of Painful Genital Ulcers

Histopathology reveals a disease most often seen in young children

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<乌鸦传媒>What Caused a Man to Develop Friable Bleeding Nodules on His Arms and Hips?

The cause lies in a lengthy history of cancer treatment, confirmed by histopathology analysis

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<乌鸦传媒>Why Is a Fit Swimmer Breathless and Coughing Up Blood?

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

A photo of a mature Asian man wincing in pain and touching his stomach.

<乌鸦传媒>Regular Episodes of Fainting, Stomach Pain Plague Middle-Age Heavy Drinker

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

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<乌鸦传媒>Jazz Musician With Slowly Expanding Neck Mass Causing Dysphagia

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

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<乌鸦传媒>Severe Chest Pain in Newly Diagnosed Colorectal Cancer

Case study illustrates iatrogenic risks not to be underestimated

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<乌鸦传媒>Rare Shark Fin ECG Pattern Seen in 55-Year-Old Patient

Pattern should trigger urgent cardiac catheterization to diagnose or rule out acute STEMI

A photo of a mature woman with a rash on her elbow.

<乌鸦传媒>Middle-Age Woman Presents With Very Itchy Annular Papules on Extremities

The rare condition resolved without treatment about 6 months after diagnosis

A photo of a nauseous teen girl with a hand on her mouth, the other on her stomach.

<乌鸦传媒>Small Spot a Source of Mysterious Abdominal Pain in Adolescent Girl

Case highlights a clinically diagnosed condition often misdiagnosed in adults and teens alike

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<乌鸦传媒>What's Behind Boy's Bullous Skin Lesions After Flu Symptoms?

Mycoplasma pneumonia identified as the culprit in this case of RIME

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<乌鸦传媒>Persistent Lymphadenopathy and Neck Abscesses in a Healthy Boy

Histopathological test results were central to ultimate diagnosis

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<乌鸦传媒>Difficulty Walking, Severe Anxiety Point to Spectrum of Neurological Diagnoses

Cause of ataxia finally found in 55-year-old woman, two decades after symptom onset

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<乌鸦传媒>Ocular Lesions in Man With Monkeypox and COVID-19

Guidance on treating ocular symptoms of monkeypox is currently lacking

A photo of a young boy with Hunter Syndrome.

<乌鸦传媒>Pebbled Skin and Excessive Hair Growth on a 5-Year-Old's Back

Just two of the multiple symptoms that began to emerge shortly after birth

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