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- The role of GLP-1 receptor agonists in managing type 2 diabetes
The following article in the August 2022 issue contained an error: Nachawi N, Rao PP, Makin V. The role of GLP-1 receptor agonists in managing type 2 diabetes. Cleve Clin J Med 2022; 89(8): 457–464. doi:10.3949/ccjm.89a.21110
- Mucormycosis presenting as dental pain
A root canal procedure failed to relieve the pain, and 1 week later the patient developed mobility of the left upper teeth.
Atrial fibrillation: Rate control or rhythm control?Rate control has been preferred as the primary approach, but the pendulum is swinging in favor of rhythm control.
- Confusion in a 22-year-old woman, and diagnostic uncertainty
The patient had been complaining of gradual-onset and progressive headache and neck and back pain for 3 weeks.
- Scaly plaques in a malnourished patient
A markedly low serum zinc level and the characteristic location of the rash in a patient with long-standing alcohol use disorder and cirrhosis led to the correct diagnosis.
- Widespread skin-thickening and hyperpigmentation
A 37-year-old military veteran presented with extensive velvety hyperpigmented plaques over nearly 15% of the total body surface.
- Diversifying medical humanities: The case for Jay-Z
Physicians carry considerable power in the patient-physician relationship. Opening our minds to the viewpoints of others diffuses some of that power and grounds us in the communities we serve.
- Balancing the myths of corticosteroid therapy
No class of drug has more mythical attributes, interfaces with different medical specialties, or clinical street lore than corticosteroids.
- Hyperpigmentation as a clue to Addison disease
The 66-year-old woman presented with fatigue, loss of appetite, and hyperpigmentation of the tongue, soft palate, buccal mucosa, lower lip, fingers, and nail beds.
- Phenytoin-induced gingival overgrowth
A young man presented with lower-extremity weakness and slurred speech. He has been on seizure prophylaxis after experiencing a seizure following hemicraniectomy for subdural hematoma.
