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  • Central nervous system lymphoma mimicking Bell palsy
    Kiyoshi Shikino, MD, PhD, Shingo Suzuki, MD, PhD, Takanori Uehara, MD, PhD and Masatomi Ikusaka, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 2018, 85 (6) 442-443; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85a.17061

    Failure of presumed Bell palsy to improve should prompt an evaluation for an underlying condition.

  • Is Pap testing still needed after hysterectomy?
    Halle G. Sobel, MD, Elise Everett, MD and Laura D. Lipold, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 2018, 85 (6) 456-458; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85a.17063

    There is no need to continue Pap testing after hysterectomy for a benign indication.

  • In reply: ‘Non-criteria’ antiphospholipid antibodies and thrombosis (February 2018)
    Maya Serhal, MD, Heather Gornik, MD, RVT, RPVI and Natalie Evans, MD, RPVI
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 2018, 85 (6) 432; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85c.06002
  • Reverse T3 or perverse T3? Still puzzling after 40 years
    Cristiane Gomes-Lima, MD and Kenneth D. Burman, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 2018, 85 (6) 450-455; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85a.17079

    Few situations require measuring reverse T3; diagnosis of euthyroid sick syndrome may be one of them.

  • Thoracic aortic aneurysm: How to counsel, when to refer
    Thoracic aortic aneurysm: How to counsel, when to refer
    Frank Cikach, MD, Milind Y. Desai, MD, FACC, FAHA, FESC, Eric E. Roselli, MD, FACS and Vidyasagar Kalahasti, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 2018, 85 (6) 481-492; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85a.17039

    Be alert for clues on chest imaging, and consider screening fi rst-degree relatives of patients known to have aortic disease.

  • Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: What primary care physicians need to know
    Leslie B. Tolle, MD, Brian D. Southern, MD, Daniel A. Culver, DO and Jeffrey C. Horowitz, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2018, 85 (5) 377-386; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85a.17018

    This devastating and fatal lung disease generally affects older adults, especially men, and can be mistaken for COPD.

  • Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: A complex disease
    Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: A complex disease
    Laura Young, MD, Nicholas G. Smedira, MD, Albree Tower-Rader, MD, Harry Lever, MD and Milind Y. Desai, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2018, 85 (5) 399-411; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85a.17076

    Most people who carry its mutations are never affected, but, rarely, some patients die suddenly at a young age.

  • Infective endocarditis: Refer for expert team care as soon as possible
    Gösta B. Pettersson, MD, PhD, Brian Griffin, MD, Steven M. Gordon, MD and Eugene H. Blackstone, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2018, 85 (5) 365-366; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85a.18019

    Infectious endocarditis needs multidisciplinary care. if surgery is indicated, it is best done sooner.

  • How soon should patients with infective endocarditis be referred for valve surgery?
    Mohamad Soud, MD, Homam Moussa Pacha, MD and M. Chadi Alraies, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2018, 85 (5) 362-364; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85a.17052

    Refer sooner rather than later if the patient has heart failure, uncontrolled infection, or embolic risk.

  • In reply: Cardiorenal syndrome
    Guramrinder S. Thind, MD, Mark Loehrke, MD, FACP and Jeffrey L. Wilt, MD, FACP, FCCP
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2018, 85 (5) 361; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85c.05002

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