Imaging

  • 5-Fluorouracil–induced encephalopathy
    Yudai Yano, MD and Akira Kuriyama, MD, MPH
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2020, 87 (9) 532-533; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19126

    A woman on chemotherapy for rectal cancer presents with mental status changes.

  • Thoracic aortic aneurysm: Optimal surveillance and treatment
    CME article
    Tom Kai Ming Wang, MBCHB, MD(res), FRACP and Milind Y. Desai, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2020, 87 (9) 557-568; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19140-1

    Early detection, surveillance, and treatment are critical.

  • DXA after menopause
    Michael Balkin, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2020, 87 (8) 457; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87c.08003
  • In Reply: DXA after menopause
    Kristi Tough DeSapri, MD and Rachel Brook, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2020, 87 (8) 457-458; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87c.08004
  • Rigid airway
    Masaki Itagane, MD, Hiroyuki Yano, MD, Tomoo Kishaba, MD and Mitsuyo Kinjo, MD,MPH
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 2020, 87 (6) 334-336; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19129

    A 23-year-old woman presents with nonproductive cough and shortness of breath.

  • Vertebral fractures after denosumab cessation
    Jolan Dupont, MD, Michaël R. Laurent, MD,PhD, Lenore Dedeyne, MSc, Frank P. Luyten, MD,PhD, Evelien Gielen, MD,PhD and Marian Dejaeger, MD,PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 2020, 87 (6) 337-338; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19152

    The patient had a 6-month history of lumbar and dorsal back pain, initially suspected to be facet arthrosis.

  • Denosumab cessation
    Chad L. Deal, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 2020, 87 (6) 339-341; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.20040

    Bone loss is rapid if patients miss injections. Clinicians can take extra measures to ensure patients get appropriate treatment.

  • Page kidney after a renal biopsy
    Hiroyuki Teruya, MD, Hiroyuki Yano, MD, Hitoshi Miyasato, MD and Mitsuyo Kinjo, MD, MPH
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2020, 87 (5) 271-272; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19130

    A patient presents with flank pain and worsening hypertension and renal function 3 weeks after percutaneous renal biopsy.

  • Atraumatic splenic rupture in acute myeloid leukemia
    Karthik Gnanapandithan, MD, MS
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2019, 86 (11) 715-716; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86a.19042

    Atraumatic splenic rupture is rare but potentially life-threatening, especially if the diagnosis is delayed.

  • Severe hypercalcemia in a 54-year-old woman
    Michael A. Munoz, MD, Zeeshan Zafar, MD, MBA and Benson A. Babu, MD, MBA
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2019, 86 (11) 719-723; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86a.18126

    Her calcium level was 18.4 mg/dL; 6 months earlier it had been 9.6. What was the cause?

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