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  • Severe chemical pneumonitis from tetrahydrocannabinol ‘vaping’ and ‘dabbing’
    Alisha Kamboj, MD, MBA, Tony Kamel, MD, Martin Burbank, MD, Melisa Esposito, MD and Russell Shaen Harvey, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2021, 88 (2) 77-79; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.20071

    THC products have been implicated in an outbreak of lung injury.

  • Pacemaker lead-induced venous thoracic outlet syndrome
    Abhinav Sood, MBBS, MD, Daniel Benhuri, MD, Ujjwal Rastogi, MD and Ramesh M. Gowda, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2021, 88 (2) 75-76; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.20023

    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
    Jonathan Stewart, BS, Grace U. Salacup, MD and Kevin Bryan Uy Lo, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2021, 88 (1) 22-23; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.20020

    She had completed her third cycle of chemotherapy 3 days earlier.

  • Cryptosporidiosis in an immunosuppressed patient with persistent diarrhea
    Firas Bahdi, MD, Shilpa Jain, MD and Suneal Kumar Agarwal, MD, FACG
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2021, 88 (1) 24-26; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.20016

    A 29-year-old lung transplant recipient presents with diarrhea lasting 1 month.

  • Hypothyroidism, eyelash loss
    Hiroki Matsuura, MD and Yu Suganami, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2020, 87 (12) 717; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.20009

    Testing showed high TSH, low T4, and antithyroid antibodies.

  • Air embolism after peripheral IV contrast injection
    Justin Goodwin, MS and Karthik Gnanapandithan, MD, MS, FHM
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2020, 87 (12) 718-720; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.20001

    As little as 2 to 3 mL of air in the cerebral circulation can be fatal.

  • Spur-cell anemia
    Satish Maharaj, MD, Drew Murray, MD, Simone Chang, MD and Kamila Cisak, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2020, 87 (11) 649-650; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.20044

    A man with liver disease presents with dizziness and fatigue.

  • Miliary tuberculosis in a patient with end-stage liver disease
    Victoria Poplin, MD, Brent Harbaugh, DO, MA, Matthias Salathe, MD and Nathan C. Bahr, MD, MA
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2020, 87 (10) 590-593; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19143

    Chest radiography showed patchy left basilar consolidation with subtle, diffuse interstitial opacities.

  • Verrucous plaques on the face, dysphagia, and limb weakness
    Kerry Hennessy, MD and Mahmoud Shorman, MD, MHA
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2020, 87 (10) 587-589; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19151

    An itchy bump on the upper lip rapidly grew and spread.

  • 5-Fluorouracil–induced encephalopathy
    Yudai Yano, MD and Akira Kuriyama, MD, MPH
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2020, 87 (9) 532-533; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19126

    A woman on chemotherapy for rectal cancer presents with mental status changes.

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