Rheumatology
- Recognizing a retirement, and a calcium deposition syndrome
Personnel changes at CCJM, and underrecognition of calcium deposition in the cervical spine.
- Crowned dens syndrome: Caution about asymptomatic calcification
An 88-year-old man developed fever, headache, and posterior neck pain resistant to initial therapy.
- Calcium pyrophosphate deposition and crowned dens syndrome
Patients are typically over age 65, often with significant leukocytosis and dramatically elevated inflammatory markers.
- Puffy hand syndrome
A 37-year-old man visited the rheumatology clinic for evaluation of swelling of his fingers and hands.
- Awareness can prompt the search for clinical zebras
When do we look hard for uncommon causes of common symptoms?
- A 21-year-old woman with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and persistent lightheadedness
She has a long history of lightheadedness upon standing, and it is getting worse.
- Cleveland Clinic—A century of progress
No one in their right mind would want to return to the “good old days.”