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  • Not all wheezing is COPD
    Vipul Patel, MD and Nikhil Madan, MD, FCCP
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2021, 88 (3) 147-149; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.20101

    A missed diagnosis led to inappropriate referral for lung transplant.

  • Cutaneous digital papules
    Hiroyuki Yano, MD and Mitsuyo Kinjo, MD, MPH
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2021, 88 (2) 73-74; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.20063

    Tophi in the finger pads call for aggressive urate-lowering therapy.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

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