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- Recurrent anemia in a patient with chronic lymphocytic leukemia
New episodes of anemia do not automatically imply disease progression, and each should be evaluated completely.
- A painful mass in the jaw
The patient presented with a painful mass in the left side of her jaw, headache, lockjaw, painful swallowing, night sweats, and unintentional weight loss.
- Rapid cognitive decline and myoclonus in a 52-year-old woman
Symptoms also included confusion, blank staring, blurred vision, incoordination of the extremities, decreased verbal communication, and holding her left hand in a fist.
- An 86-year-old man with unexplained right-sided headache and vision loss
Steroid treatment for suspected giant cell arteritis brought no improvement in vision or headache severity.
- New bullous lesions in a 72-year-old woman
Her history included psoriasis, chronic lower-extremity edema, and hypertension.
- Pregnancy in a woman with congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries
She presents with nausea and emesis 7 weeks after her last menstrual period.
- Severe thrombocytopenia in a patient with otherwise asymptomatic COVID-19
A young woman, seemingly healthy, presented with easy bruising.
- 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.
- Acute pancreatitis secondary to hypertriglyceridemia
A man presents with acute severe abdominal pain and triglycerides 5,250 mg/dL.
- Fever in a lung transplant recipient
A 36-year-old woman presents with high fevers, chills, nausea, decreased oral intake, and diarrhea.