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- A complication of enoxaparin injection
Computed tomography revealed a hematoma measuring 15 by 15 cm compressing the bladder and causing hydronephrosis.
- Vulvar and gluteal manifestations of Crohn disease
Crohn disease is associated with extraintestinal manifestations in up to 45% of patients.
- Diabetic dyslipidemia with eruptive xanthoma
Off medications for 1 year, her triglyceride level was 10,250 mg/dL, hemoglobin A1c 12.4%.
- Mediastinal granuloma due to histoplasmosis in a patient on infliximab
Immunosuppressive drugs can predispose to invasive fungal infection.
- Pseudo-Ludwig angina
A woman on heparin developed a hematoma on the floor of her mouth that threatened to block her airway.
- Osteonecrosis of the femoral head with subchondral collapse
A 45-year-old woman had been taking corticosteroids long-term after organ transplant.
- A right atrial mass
A woman with a history of endometrial adenocarcinoma presented with occasional shortness of breath and dizziness.
- Thinker’s sign
In a patient with orthopnea, pressure of the elbows on the thighs can cause hyperpigmentation and skin thickening.
- Disseminated invasive aspergillosis in an immunocompetent patient
The patient, who has COPD, will require lifelong antifungal treatment.
- Pyoderma gangrenosum mistaken for diabetic ulcer
A man with type 2 diabetes, hypertension, anemia, and ulcerative colitis presented with an ulcer on his leg.