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Taking Cardiovascular Issues to Heart: A Photo Essay

Consultantlive.com photo essays visually explore a disease state with cases of common and uncommon presentation, each accompanied by details on etiology, diagnosis, and special considerations. Start your virtual exploration here, with problems of the heart.

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Tinea Versicolor

Kate V. Viola, MD, MHS

August 01, 2014 | Dermatology, Skin Diseases

By Kate V. Viola, MD, MHS

Tinea versicolor presents with hyperpigmented and hypopigmented coalescing thin scaly plaques and macules. Typically they appear on the trunk and the upper back. It is more common in warm humid climates.

Burning Foot Pain in a 68-year-old Man with Diabetes: Red Flag?

Payal Kohli, MD

Quiz | August 01, 2014

By Payal Kohli, MD

This patient's presenting symptom, in the context of his overall health, should prompt orders for which follow-up studies?

5 Common Practice Denials in Family and Internal Medicine

July 31, 2014 | Office Procedures

Denied claims take revenue off your balance sheet and frustrate the staff tasked with processing them. Are any of the top 5 here familiar to you?

Hyponatremic Encephalopathy Induced by “Ecstasy”

Olabimpe S. Omobomi, MD

July 31, 2014 | Nervous System Diseases

By Olabimpe S. Omobomi, MD

Ecstasy ingestion should be high on the list of differential diagnoses for young patients who present with acute, unexplained encephalopathy.

An Incidental Mass Found in the Terminal Ileum

Fouad Moawad, MD

Quiz | July 31, 2014

By Fouad Moawad, MD

Test your knowledge of this GI finding with questions on diagnosis, laboratory screening, and removal.

Brown, Dry Plaques: Your Dx?

Image IQ | July 30, 2014 | Skin Diseases

These asymptomatic plaques developed on the legs of a 59-year-old woman with diabetes mellitus and pulmonary sarcoidosis. Biopsy showed a granulomatous infiltrate of epithelioid histiocytes and multinucleated giant cells surrounded by lymphocytes “layered” throughout the dermis.What’s your diagnosis?

A “Funny Looking Lump” That Bleeds When Traumatized

Quiz | July 29, 2014 | Skin Diseases

Is this lesion a skin cancer? Does organophosphate poisoning cause syncope? How is tinea pedia complex best treated? Try your hand at this week’s quiz questions.

Videos
Podcasts

"Doc, I Think I Have Carpal Tunnel…"
Brady Pregerson, MD
Quiz | March 27, 2014 | AAN 2014, Nervous System Diseases
By Brady Pregerson, MD
Progressive numbness in 3 fingers on both hands led this computer programmer to diagnose himself as having carpal tunnel syndrome. But, there's more to this story.
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Saba Farooq, MD
Mohsin Haseeb, MD
September 30, 2013 | Nervous System Diseases
By Saba Farooq, MD and Mohsin Haseeb, MD
In its classic form, ALS affects motor neurons at 2 or more levels supplying multiple regions of the body.
Treatment of Psychiatric Disorders in Patients With HIV/AIDS
Glenn J. Treisman, MD, PhD
March 25, 2013 | HIV AIDS, Infection
By Glenn J. Treisman, MD, PhD
Mental illness is a risk factor for HIV infection. It brings a number of behavioral correlates that put patients at risk for getting infected. As HIV infection worsens, it begins to affect the brain, and cyclical relationship between the disease and mental illness begins.
Questions Primary Care Physicians Commonly Ask About HIV/AIDS
January 21, 2013 | HIV AIDS, Infection
Here, HIV/AIDS specialist, Dr Susan Ball, answers 6 questions about HIV infection that primary care clinicians commonly ask.

Managing Physical Illness and Depression
August 20, 2013 | Obesity, Depression
What is the relationship between common illnesses and depression? And why is the relationship so strong? What can clinicians do now to manage both the medical illness and the depression?
Statins Plus Exercise: New Study Questions the Combination
Catherine R Mikus, PhD
Payal Kohli, MD
June 17, 2013 | Cardiology Now
By Catherine R Mikus, PhD and Payal Kohli, MD
Simvastatin 40 mg once daily can attenuate increases in cardiorespiratory fitness in response to exercise training.
Clostridium difficile: New Guidelines Confront Hypervirulent Strain
Christina M. Surawicz, MD
June 05, 2013 | DDW2014, Gastrointestinal Disorders, Infection
By Christina M. Surawicz, MD
Recurrent C difficile requires pulse vancomycin therapy; fecal microbiota transplant shows promise.
Preventing Hypertension: Do Primary Care Providers Practice What They Prescribe?
Jing Fang, MD
May 22, 2013
By Jing Fang, MD
A key finding: a primary physician’s healthy lifestyle behaviors may be linked to his or her recommendations for hypertension prevention.

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