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  • Pregnancy in a woman with congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries
    Pregnancy in a woman with congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries
    Sarah A. Goldstein, MD, Lisa Sorenson, CNP, Jeffrey B. Chapa, MD and Richard A. Krasuski, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2021, 88 (4) 228-236; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.20136

    She presents with nausea and emesis 7 weeks after her last menstrual period.

  • Severe thrombocytopenia in a patient with otherwise asymptomatic COVID-19
    Lauren M. Granat, DO, MS, Achintya D. Singh, MBBS, MD, Matthew Cortese, MD, MPH, Vicente Velez, MD, FACP, FHM and Alan Lichtin, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2021, 88 (2) 86-92; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.20154

    A young woman, seemingly healthy, presented with easy bruising.

  • A 21-year-old woman with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and persistent lightheadedness
    Raed Qarajeh, MD, Laith A. Derbas, MD, Mouin Abdallah, MD, MSc and Faraz Kureshi, MD, MSc
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2021, 88 (2) 93-97; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.19137

    She has a long history of lightheadedness upon standing, and it is getting worse.

  • Acute pancreatitis secondary to hypertriglyceridemia
    Michael A. Munoz, MD, Kaviya Sathyakumar, MD and Benson A. Babu, MD, MBA
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2020, 87 (12) 742-750; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19156

    A man presents with acute severe abdominal pain and triglycerides 5,250 mg/dL.

  • Fever in a lung transplant recipient
    Graham Walter, MD, Hanna Lyubetska, MD, MSc and Aditya Sharma, MD, FRCPC
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2020, 87 (12) 735-741; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19132

    A 36-year-old woman presents with high fevers, chills, nausea, decreased oral intake, and diarrhea.

  • Peripheral artery disease and unusual skin findings
    Aaron Andrew Heigaard Smith, MD, Erin Luxenberg, MD and Roberta Meyers, MD, MPH
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2020, 87 (10) 605-612; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19074

    A 68-year-old man was admitted because of worsening skin problems in his legs.

  • Gastroenteritis gone rogue
    Jason Russ, MD and Areeba Kara, MD, MS, FACP, SFHM
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2020, 87 (3) 139-144; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19007

    A 56-year-old woman presented with 2 weeks of vomiting and diarrhea. Her troubles were just beginning.

  • A cough that won’t go away: Evaluation and treatment in 2 patients
    Maxwell Y. Lee, BS, Rachel M. Taliercio, DO, Michelle Adessa, MS, CCC-SLP, Claudio Milstein, PhD and Paul C. Bryson, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2020, 87 (2) 83-89; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19010

    Two patients present with similar symptoms, but different causes and treatment.

  • Fever in a traveler returning from Ethiopia
    Ken Koon Wong, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2020, 87 (1) 31-42; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19017

    His symptoms began about 10 days after returning and had been going on for 11 days. What was the cause?

  • Severe hypercalcemia in a 54-year-old woman
    Michael A. Munoz, MD, Zeeshan Zafar, MD, MBA and Benson A. Babu, MD, MBA
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2019, 86 (11) 719-723; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86a.18126

    Her calcium level was 18.4 mg/dL; 6 months earlier it had been 9.6. What was the cause?

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