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An 88-year-old man developed fever, headache, and posterior neck pain resistant to initial therapy.
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A woman was admitted with pain in the epigastrium and right upper quadrant that radiated to the back, as well as nausea and dry heaves.
- A cutaneous clue to HIV infection
A retired trucker presented with fever, cough, dyspnea, and a rash on his forehead.
- Anterior interosseous nerve palsy caused by Parsonage-Turner syndrome
A 58-year-old man presented with difficulty moving his left hand.
- Severe chemical pneumonitis from tetrahydrocannabinol ‘vaping’ and ‘dabbing’
THC products have been implicated in an outbreak of lung injury.
- Pacemaker lead-induced venous thoracic outlet syndrome
Acute arm swelling and pain after an airline flight and a missed anticoagulant dose.
- A patient with breast cancer and a rash on her hands and feet
She had completed her third cycle of chemotherapy 3 days earlier.