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  • Tattooing: Medical uses and problems
    Crystal M. Glassy, DO, MPH, Matthew S. Glassy, MD, MS and Saleh Aldasouqi, MD, FACE, ECNU
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2012, 79 (11) 761-770; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.79a.12016

    Tattooing is used in medical alerts, breast reconstruction, radiation oncology, endoscopy, forensic medicine, and other areas.

  • Biologic agents in the treatment of granulomatosis with polyangiitis
    Ulrich Specks, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2012, 79 (11 suppl 3) S50-S53; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.79.s3.11
  • Ocular manifestations of small-vessel vasculitis
    James A. Garrity, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2012, 79 (11 suppl 3) S31-S33; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.79.s3.07
  • Safety issues in vasculitis: Infections and immunizations in the immunosuppressed host
    Carlos M. Isada, MD, FCCP
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2012, 79 (11 suppl 3) S38-S45; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.79.s3.09
  • History of vasculitis: The life and work of Adolf Kussmaul
    Eric L. Matteson, MD, MPH
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2012, 79 (11 suppl 3) S54-S56; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.79.s3.12
  • Clinical features and diagnosis of small-vessel vasculitis
    Carol Langford, MD, MHS
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2012, 79 (11 suppl 3) S3-S7; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.79.s3.01
  • A 60-year-old man with abdominal bruising
    Deepan Dalal, MD and Sharon E. Mace, MD, FACEP, FAAP
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2012, 79 (10) 688-689; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.79a.10039

    A man with liver cancer developed abdominal ecchymoses resembling the Cullen sign and flank ecchymoses resembling the Grey Turner sign.

  • Home testing for HIV: Hopefully, a step forward
    Christine E. Koval, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2012, 79 (10) 713-716; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.79a.12128

    An over-the-counter at-home test has been approved. Will it lower the number of infected people unaware of their infection?

  • Chronic lymphocytic leukemia and apparent hyperkalemia
    Aneesh George, MD, Om Pandey, MD and Alejandro Moreno, MD, MPH, JD, FACP, FCLM
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2012, 79 (10) 690-693; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.79a.11148

    The day after chemotherapy, the patient’s plasma potassium level was 7.7 mmol/L and the next day it rose to 10.9, but he had no signs or symptoms of hyperkalemia. What was the cause?

  • Male hypogonadism: More than just a low testosterone
    Male hypogonadism: More than just a low testosterone
    Kevin M. Pantalone, DO, ECNU, CCD and Charles Faiman, MD, FRCPC, MACE
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2012, 79 (10) 717-725; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.79a.11174

    Confronted with a low serum testosterone level, physicians should not jump to the diagnosis of hypogonadism. Confirmation and thorough evaluation are warranted.

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