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Adrenal incidentalomas are detected on approximately 1% to 2% of all abdominal CT scans. The question is, how clinically significant are they?

On the basis of the clinical picture and laboratory data, what is the most likely diagnosis?

Cyclospora cayetanensis, an emerging pathogen with worldwide distribution, causes diarrhea in both immunocompetent and HIV-infected patients, and was responsible for a 1996 outbreak in the United States.

Building-related illness, in which an identifiable factor causes a specific illness, is less common than sick building syndrome, in which there is no identifiable cause for nonspecific symptoms.

Recommended use of vaccines against pneumococcal pneumonia, influenza, hepatitis A and B, varicella, measles, mumps, rubella, tetanus, and diphtheria.

Infarct expansion after an MI carries a poor prognosis. Thrombolysis prevents early left ventricular dilatation by attenuating infarct expansion. A full-color illustration compares the effects of early reperfusion, late reperfusion, and no reperfusion.

Alpha-hydroxy acids exfoliate dead skin cells, moisturize the skin, and possibly rejuvenate skin damaged by photoaging.

Better treatment of hypertension is changing the type of intracranial hemorrhages physicians most often see.

Although symptomatic side effects of chemotherapy reduce a patient’s quality of life, organ-system effects are potentially more serious.