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Fecal microbiota transplantation is an evolving story that may seem weird but is worth following.

A 54-year-old woman presented with a 7-day history of odynophagia, pharyngeal swelling, and painful skin lesions on her ear. What does she have?

A 49-year-old man with rheumatic mitral valve stenosis presents with worsening exertional dyspnea, fatigue, and cough. What can his electrocardiogram tell us?

Cultures of biopsy specimens were negative. What is the cause of this patient’s lesions?

Facial paralysis in association with a rash on the ear, tongue, or hard palate reflects geniculate zoster and requires immediate antiviral treatment.

A 37-year-old woman was referred for help with managing difficult-to-control hypertension. Does she have resistant hypertension? How should her condition be managed?

Acute pericarditis has a unique clinical presentation, physical findings, and electrocardiographic changes.

If you had a serious disease, would you agree to an alternative treatment that is cheap, safe, and effective—but seems disgusting? Would you recommend it to patients?

Tamponade shares symptoms and signs with other, more common diseases. Consider it when the patient has chest trauma or a chronic medical illness that can involve the pericardium.

Whenever a patient begins glucocorticoid treatment, we need to think about bone loss. The current guidelines from the American College of Rheumatology are more targeted than in the past but may be harder to use.