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Unexplained Rash With No Itch and Shoulder Pain Suddenly Affects Young Girl

Skin symptoms dramatically improved after use of sun protection

Mar 04, 2024
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Teen With Severe, Recalcitrant Dermatomyositis Seeks New Option

Treatment-resistant juvenile dermatomyositis resolved by targeting elevated interferon-beta

Nov 24, 2023
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What Caused Left-Sided Hearing Loss in This 65-Year-Old Man?

Numerous diagnostic procedures revealed tophaceous gout affecting the middle ear

Oct 03, 2022
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Why Has This Young Man Lost the Ability to Squat and Clench His Fists?

Joint stiffness is just one symptom of this rare debilitating inflammatory disease

Aug 30, 2022
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What Caused This Patient's Recurring Eye and Ear Inflammation?

Prompt diagnosis of this rare progressive autoimmune disease may help preserve hearing, eyesight

Jun 06, 2022
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Acute Extremity Pain in Patient With Cogan's Syndrome Signals Vascular Ischemia

Timely imaging, anticoagulation, and specialist consultations prevented loss of life or limb

May 16, 2022
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Dyspnea in Woman With RA Reveals a Diaphragmatic Lipoma

MRI can help differentiate these benign soft-tissue masses from more aggressive liposarcomas

Feb 22, 2022
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Acute Muscle Weakness and Skin Rash Following a Lupus Diagnosis

Clinicians consider many differentials

Feb 14, 2022
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What's the Cause of Neck Swelling, Fever in Young Woman?

Diagnosis of this rare disease is often a challenge

Nov 29, 2021
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What's Causing Cancer Patient's Joint Pain While on Checkpoint Inhibitor?

Here is how clinicians diagnosed this rare inflammatory side effect

Aug 30, 2021
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Single Tick Bite Packs Triple Punch

Patient presents with Lyme disease plus anaplasmosis and babesiosis co-infections

Jun 22, 2021
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Recurring Condition in This Woman Remained Undiagnosed for 13+ Years

"Great masquerader" can resemble many other dangerous diseases

Feb 22, 2021
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An Unexpected -- and Potentially Deadly -- tPA Interaction

Can quickly compromise the airway

Feb 01, 2021
An elderly woman wearing a protective mask laying on a gurney is wheeled down a hospital hallway
Right-Sided UC With Complicated Twist

Chronic but mild GI discomfort, positive FOBT put clinicians on the chase

Oct 07, 2019
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