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  • A complication of enoxaparin injection
    Ahmad Muneer Sharayah, MD, Samrah Zaigham, MD, Noor Hajjaj, MD and Mihir Maniar, DO
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2019, 86 (10) 648-649; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86a.19026

    Computed tomography revealed a hematoma measuring 15 by 15 cm compressing the bladder and causing hydronephrosis.

  • An overview of endoscopy in neurologic surgery
    Luigi Rigante, MD, Hamid Borghei-Razavi, MD, Pablo F. Recinos, MD, Faans and Florian Roser, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2019, 86 (10) 16ME-24ME; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86.me.18142
  • Myopathy for the general internist: Statins and much more
    Chester V. Oddis, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2019, 86 (10) 656-664; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86gr.19001

    How to evaluate and manage muscle complaints in patients taking a statin, interpret creatine kinase test results, and recognize common as well as potentially dangerous myopathies.

  • Vulvar and gluteal manifestations of Crohn disease
    Anna Camille Moreno, DO, NCMP, Oluwatosin Goje, MD, MSCR, FACOG, Melissa Peck Piliang, MD, FAAD and Pelin Batur, MD, NCMP, CCD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2019, 86 (10) 645-646; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86a.19062

    Crohn disease is associated with extraintestinal manifestations in up to 45% of patients.

  • Cardiovascular complications of systemic sclerosis: What to look for
    Cardiovascular complications of systemic sclerosis: What to look for
    Preethi Mani, MD, Danny Gonzalez, MD, Soumya Chatterjee, MD, MS, FRCP and Michael D. Faulx, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2019, 86 (10) 685-695; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86a.18109

    Pulmonary arterial hypertension, atherosclerosis, heart failure, arrhythmias, pericardial disease, and valvular heart disease.

  • A few pearls can help prepare the mind
    Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2019, 86 (10) 638-639; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86b.10019

    The caregiver with a prepared mind is more likely to experience the diagnostic epiphany.

  • A 66-year-old man with abnormal thyroid function tests
    Yazan N. Alhalaseh, MD, Zaid A. Abdulelah, MD, Ahmad O. Armouti, MD and Ayman A. Zayed, MD, MSc, FACE, FACP
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2019, 86 (10) 666-675; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86a.19024

    A 66-year-old man presents with an acute exacerbation of COPD requiring hospitalization.

  • What are the risks to inpatients during hospital construction or renovation?
    Amjad Kanj, MD, Yuqing Gao, MD and Ayman O. Soubani, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2019, 86 (10) 650-652; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86a.19008

    Risks include mold infection, Legionnaires disease, sleep deprivation, exacerbation of lung disease, and physical injury.

  • Mediastinal granuloma due to histoplasmosis in a patient on infliximab
    Takaaki Kobayashi, MD and Christine Cho, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2019, 86 (9) 579-581; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86a.18138

    Immunosuppressive drugs can predispose to invasive fungal infection.

  • Pseudo-Ludwig angina
    Andrew Tiu, MD and Kamolyut Lapumnuaypol, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2019, 86 (9) 577-578; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86a.19014

    A woman on heparin developed a hematoma on the floor of her mouth that threatened to block her airway.

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