Make the Diagnosis: This is a Bit…Fishy
Presentation A 43-year-old woman visited her doctor about a smooth nodule that developed on her right hand 2 weeks ago. On examination, a tender, erythematous plaque with an ulcer was seen on her right dorsal hand. The patient had no recent travel history. She recalled injuring her hand a few weeks ago in the process […]
Who Heals Ukrainian Refugees’ Mental Health Wounds?
They didn’t know what to do for the woman who couldn’t stop shaking. The aid workers wanted to help, but couldn’t agree on what approach to take: just let the shaking go? Maybe the woman was expressing emotion safely? Or should they intervene to ease her visible anxiety? That was the dilemma described by a […]
Third Person ‘Cured’ of HIV via Transplant
A U.S. woman appears to be free of her HIV infection after receiving closely matched blood from a relative and HIV-resistant umbilical cord blood, researchers reported. Following the general game plan of two European men who required bone marrow transplantation for cancer and received their transplant from donors with rare HIV-resistant blood, the middle-age woman […]
Make the Diagnosis: Good That She Didn’t Ignore This
Presentation A 50-year-old woman with a long history of cigarette smoking asked her dentist about a white oral plaque that she noticed on the underside of her tongue. She thought it had been there for several months. It was not painful and didn’t seem to cause any other symptoms, but she was concerned it might […]
Infants exposed to domestic violence have poorer cognitive development: Study explores impact of multiple father figures on infant neurodevelopmental delays
While assessing a pregnant woman with premature labor in 1983, Linda Bullock noticed bruises on the woman. When she asked what happened, the woman told Bullock a refrigerator had fallen on her while cleaning the kitchen. “Something didn’t seem right, but I didn’t know what to say at the time. I just went on to […]
Woman Develops Tiny Blood Spots on Her Body After COVID Shot
A 39-year-old woman presents to her community hospital concerned about tiny blood spots that cover most of her body. She explains that she has had muscle aches and has been feeling fatigued for the past 2 days. She has no flu-like symptoms and her sense of taste and smell are normal. The patient notes that […]
Woman Loses 6-Year Battle With Mouth Tumor
A 38-year-old Haitian woman presents to a Florida emergency department in April 2018 reporting pain on the right side of her abdomen, where she can feel a large lump. She tells clinicians she has had significant swelling in her abdomen, despite experiencing weight loss. After palpation of her abdomen confirms the presence of a large […]