Imaging

  • Sarcoidosis mimicking lytic osseous metastases
    Anahy M. Brandy-García, Ivan Cabezas-Rodriguez, Luis Caminal-Montero, Carlos Suarez-Cuervo and Pilar Redondo-Buil
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2017, 84 (10) 753-754; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.16108

    Sarcoidosis involves the lung in more than 90% of cases; skeletal involvement has been reported in 1% to 14%.

  • Ring-enhancing cerebral lesions
    Aram Barbaryan, MD, Jignesh Modi, MD, Wajih Raqeem, MD, Michael I. Choi, MD, Alan Frigy, MD and Aibek E. Mirrakhimov, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2017, 84 (2) 104-110; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.16037

    The patient has poorly controlled HIV, seizures, and brain lesions. Is Histoplasma or Toxoplasma the cause of the lesions?

  • When should brain imaging precede lumbar puncture in cases of suspected bacterial meningitis?
    Aibek E. Mirrakhimov, MD, Adam Gray, MD and Taha Ayach, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2017, 84 (2) 111-113; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.16028

    Few patients need it. Empiric antibiotic and corticosteroid therapy must not be delayed.

  • Cardiac amyloidosis: An update on diagnosis and treatment
    Joseph P. Donnelly, MD and Mazen Hanna, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2017, 84 (12 suppl 3) 12-26; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84.s3.02
  • Porcelain heart in a uremic patient
    Hsiu-Chien Yang, MD, Chang-Han Lo, MD, Chun-Chi Chen, MD and Chia-Chao Wu, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2017, 84 (3) 184-185; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.15177

    Constrictive pericarditis due to secondary hyperparathyroidism occurs in up to 4% of patients with end-stage renal disease.

  • Worsening migraine due to neurocysticercosis
    Emily J. Elliott, DO, LT MC USN and Edwin J. Landaker, MD, CDR MC USN
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2017, 84 (3) 196-198; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.16003

    When a woman with a history of migraine had new symptoms, MRI revealed a tapeworm scolex in her brain.

  • Imaging suggestive, but symptoms atypical
    Mohammad Afzalimoghaddam, MD, Maryam Edalatifard, MD, Shervin Farahmand, MD, Shahram Bagheri-Hariri, MD and Hadi Mirfazaelian, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2017, 84 (1) 25-26; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.15144

    Pseudosubarachnoid hemorrhage is an artifact of CT imaging.

  • Blending classic clinical skills with new technology
    Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2017, 84 (4) 266-267; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84b.04017

    Back “in the day,” the giants of medicine relied on old-fashioned skills; today, we have an upgraded set of tools.

  • Management of coronary chronic total occlusion
    Jaikirshan Khatri, MD, Mouin Abdallah, MD and Stephen Ellis, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2017, 84 (12 suppl 3) 27-38; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84.s3.03
  • Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy: Uncommon presentation of lung cancer
    M. Amrutha, MBBS and T. P. Rajagopal, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2017, 84 (4) 270-272; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.15167

    The patient presented with bilateral ankle joint pain, swelling of the ankles and wrists, and digital clubbing.

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