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- Mönckeberg medial sclerosis
A man with chronic kidney disease presents with pain and ulceration of the fingers.
- Firm lesion on the lateral thigh
A 41-year-old man presented with concern about a lesion he had first noticed 6 years earlier.
- Vertebral fractures after denosumab cessation
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
A patient presents with flank pain and worsening hypertension and renal function 3 weeks after percutaneous renal biopsy.
- Trousseau syndrome
Examination revealed multiple bluish macules and 2 palpable thrombosed superficial veins in the right popliteal fossa.
- Constitutional symptoms, pathologic PET-CT
PET-CT showed diffuse hypermetabolism of the great vessel walls, compatible with large-vessel giant cell arteritis.
- Paroxysmal finger hematoma
This benign, self-limiting condition predominantly affects middle-aged women.
- Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome
On day 4, his blood pressure was 209/93 mm Hg, and CT showed new vasogenic edema in both occipital lobes.
- Leukoplakia of the tongue
This potentially premalignant lesion is found mostly in middle-aged and older men who smoke.