Hematology

  • An 86-year-old man with unexplained right-sided headache and vision loss
    CME article
    Marc Ohlhausen, BS, Eden Bernstein, MD and Craig D. Nielsen, MD, FACP
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2021, 88 (9) 494-501; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.20077

    Steroid treatment for suspected giant cell arteritis brought no improvement in vision or headache severity.

  • Tuberous sclerosis complex
    Jesica Martín Carmona, MD, Elisabeth Gómez Moyano, MD, PhD, Ana Raquel de Castro Almeida, MD and Leandro Martínez Pilar, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 2021, 88 (7) 367-368; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.20075

    A rare disorder caused by mutations of tumor-suppressor genes.

  • Fever, rash, pruritus: Sweet syndrome
    Giovani M. Zelada, MD and Paul B. Aronowitz, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 2021, 88 (7) 371-373; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.20053

    The patient received intramuscular and oral antibiotics at an urgent care center, but the symptoms worsened.

  • New bullous lesions in a 72-year-old woman
    Hadrian Mendoza, MD, Justin Goodwin, MS, Jeffrey Gehlhausen, MD, Ian Odell, MD, PhD, Jennifer McNiff, MD and Karthik Gnanapandithan, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 2021, 88 (6) 319-324; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.20180

    Her history included psoriasis, chronic lower-extremity edema, and hypertension.

  • 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.

  • How should you assess glycemic control if the hemoglobin A1c is inaccurate or uninterpretable?
    Wendy O. Henderson, MD, Mary H. Parker, PharmD, FASHP, FCCP, BCPS, BCCP and Bryan C. Batch, MD, MHS
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2021, 88 (2) 81-85; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.19135

    Hemoglobin A1c is the standard but is not perfect. Alternatives are available.

  • Severe thrombocytopenia in a patient with otherwise asymptomatic COVID-19
    Lauren M. Granat, DO, MS, Achintya D. Singh, MBBS, MD, Matthew Cortese, MD, MPH, Vicente Velez, MD, FACP, FHM and Alan Lichtin, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2021, 88 (2) 86-92; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.20154

    A young woman, seemingly healthy, presented with easy bruising.

  • COVID-19 coagulopathy
    Anup Katyal, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2020, 87 (12) 712; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87c.12001

    Skepticism of high-intensity prophylaxis for patients with D-dimer ≥ 3.0 µg/mL.

  • In Reply: COVID-19 coagulopathy
    Simon R. Mucha, MD, Siddharth Dugar, MD, Keith McCrae, MD, Douglas Joseph, DO, John Bartholomew, MD, Gretchen L. Sacha, PharmD, RPh, BCCCP and Michael Militello, PharmD, RPh, BCPS
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2020, 87 (12) 712; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/cjm.87c.12002

    An attempt to balance the potential risks and benefits of intensified prophylaxis.

  • Fever in a lung transplant recipient
    Graham Walter, MD, Hanna Lyubetska, MD, MSc and Aditya Sharma, MD, FRCPC
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2020, 87 (12) 735-741; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19132

    A 36-year-old woman presents with high fevers, chills, nausea, decreased oral intake, and diarrhea.

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