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  • Polypoid melanoma mistaken for verruca vulgaris
    Andrea Tan, MD, Daniel Gutierrez, MD, Nooshin K. Brinster, MD and Jennifer A. Stein, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2020, 87 (9) 534-536; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19079

    Polypoid melanoma is highly aggressive and often misdiagnosed.

  • Acute dacryocystitis
    Satvinder Singh Bakshi, MS, DNB
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2020, 87 (8) 477; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19121

    Inflammation of the lacrimal sac is related to obstruction, which can be primary or secondary.

  • Scurvy: Old, but still relevant
    Mohamed A. Elfeki, MD, MSc, Tyler Schwiesow, MD, FACP and Zeeshan Jawa, MD, FACP
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2020, 87 (8) 478-479; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19123

    A patient with alcohol use disorder presented with progressively worsening fatigue, dyspnea on exertion, and easy bruising.

  • Mönckeberg medial sclerosis
    Anthony Stack, DO, Sandra Sheffield, DO, Karan Seegobin, MBBS and Satish Maharaj, MBBS
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 2020, 87 (7) 396-397; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19085

    A man with chronic kidney disease presents with pain and ulceration of the fingers.

  • Firm lesion on the lateral thigh
    Morteza Khodaee, MD, MPH and Eric Kim, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 2020, 87 (7) 394-395; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19107

    A 41-year-old man presented with concern about a lesion he had first noticed 6 years earlier.

  • Rigid airway
    Masaki Itagane, MD, Hiroyuki Yano, MD, Tomoo Kishaba, MD and Mitsuyo Kinjo, MD,MPH
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 2020, 87 (6) 334-336; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19129

    A 23-year-old woman presents with nonproductive cough and shortness of breath.

  • Vertebral fractures after denosumab cessation
    Jolan Dupont, MD, Michaël R. Laurent, MD,PhD, Lenore Dedeyne, MSc, Frank P. Luyten, MD,PhD, Evelien Gielen, MD,PhD and Marian Dejaeger, MD,PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 2020, 87 (6) 337-338; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19152

    The patient had a 6-month history of lumbar and dorsal back pain, initially suspected to be facet arthrosis.

  • Page kidney after a renal biopsy
    Hiroyuki Teruya, MD, Hiroyuki Yano, MD, Hitoshi Miyasato, MD and Mitsuyo Kinjo, MD, MPH
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2020, 87 (5) 271-272; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19130

    A patient presents with flank pain and worsening hypertension and renal function 3 weeks after percutaneous renal biopsy.

  • Constitutional symptoms, pathologic PET-CT
    Julia L. Riera, MD, Jorge L. Musuruana, MD, Fernando Faccio, MD and Javier A. Cavallasca, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2020, 87 (4) 195-197; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19053

    PET-CT showed diffuse hypermetabolism of the great vessel walls, compatible with large-vessel giant cell arteritis.

  • Paroxysmal finger hematoma
    Daan J.L. van Twist, MD, PhD, Wim Hermans and Guy J.M. Mostard, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2020, 87 (4) 194; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19122

    This benign, self-limiting condition predominantly affects middle-aged women.

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