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  • Pseudopathologic vertebral body enhancement
    Yi Pan, MD, Peixin Tan, MD, Songxi Xie, MD, Jiewen Chen, MMed and Yi-Long Wu, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2021, 88 (8) 424-425; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.20150

    Contrast-enhanced computed tomography revealed sclerotic enhancement of the T1 vertebral body and the vertebral bodies from C2 to T2.

  • Shedding light on subungual digital mucous cysts
    Taylor Bullock, BS, Daniel Michalik, MD, Rashmi Unwala, MD and John Anthony, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2021, 88 (8) 426-427; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.20125

    Transillumination is a quick and easy way to diagnose digital mucous cysts and rule out other subungual masses.

  • Eruptive seborrheic keratosis: A perilous clue
    Akanksha Kaushik, MD, Soufila KT, MD, Manju Daroach, MD, Divya Aggarwal, MD, Pulkit Rastogi, MD, DM and Muthu Sendhil Kumaran, MD, DNB
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2021, 88 (8) 428-430; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.20124

    An abrupt increase in seborrheic keratoses in patients with an underlying malignancy is called the Leser-Trélat sign.

  • Tuberous sclerosis complex
    Jesica Martín Carmona, MD, Elisabeth Gómez Moyano, MD, PhD, Ana Raquel de Castro Almeida, MD and Leandro Martínez Pilar, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 2021, 88 (7) 367-368; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.20075

    A rare disorder caused by mutations of tumor-suppressor genes.

  • Aspiration of a partial denture after an ischemic stroke
    Alisha Kamboj, MD, MBA, Zi Yu Liu, MD, Sharmila Price, MD and Michael Sun, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 2021, 88 (7) 375-376; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.20132

    A bedside evaluation inaccurately led to the conclusion that it was safe to advance to a dysphagia diet.

  • Fever, rash, pruritus: Sweet syndrome
    Giovani M. Zelada, MD and Paul B. Aronowitz, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 2021, 88 (7) 371-373; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.20053

    The patient received intramuscular and oral antibiotics at an urgent care center, but the symptoms worsened.

  • Evolving distal signs
    Zackary D. Goff, MD, Sandra E. Zaeh, MD, MS, Michael K. Poku, MD, John N. Aucott, MD and Allan C. Gelber, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 2021, 88 (6) 310-312; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.20126

    The patient’s evolving signs and symptoms prompted a reconsideration of his diagnosis.

  • Fibrous epulis: A tumorlike gingival lesion
    Keiichi Ohta, DDS and Hitoshi Yoshimura, DDS, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2021, 88 (5) 265-266; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.20127

    A 40-year-old woman presented with an enlarging mass measuring 20 mm by 18 mm.

  • Koebner phenomenon from insulin injection
    Parvathy Madhavan, MBBS, Lauren Hamann, RN, BSN, CDE, Kamal Shoukri, MD and Latha Dulipsingh, MD, FACP, FACE
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2021, 88 (5) 264; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.20076

    Repeated insulin injections in the abdomen led to large red scaly plaques.

  • Tumoral calcinosis
    Hiroyuki Yano, MD and Mitsuyo Kinjo, MD, MPH
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2021, 88 (4) 208-209; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.20084

    A 47-year-old woman on peritoneal dialysis presented with dyspnea and hip pain.

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