Imaging

  • Back pain as a sign of inferior vena cava filter complications
    Michael Lause, BS, Alisha Kamboj, BS, Ryan Schwieterman, MD and Vijay Duggirala, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2018, 85 (11) 835-836; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85a.18046

    Complications can include filter movement, fracture, occlusion, and penetration.

  • Pulmonary infarction due to pulmonary embolism
    Melda Sonmez, MD, Loutfi S. Aboussouan, MD, Carol Farver, MD, Sudish C. Murthy, MD, PhD and Roop Kaw, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2018, 85 (11) 848-852; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85a.17132

    A 76-year-old man is admitted with pleuritic chest pain and shortness of breath 48 hours after undergoing surgery.

  • Bisphosphonate-related atypical femoral fracture: Managing a rare but serious complication
    Stuart Silverman, MD, Eli Kupperman, MD and Susan Bukata, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2018, 85 (11) 885-893; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85a.17119

    Concern about this rare complication has led to a decrease in bisphosphonate use.

  • When stroke runs in the family
    Nellowe Candelario, MD and Kevin Bryan Lo, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2018, 85 (10) 743-744; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85a.18055

    CADASIL—cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy—is due to a mutation in NOTCH3.

  • How long should we follow simple ovarian cysts with pelvic ultrasonography?
    Megan C. McNamara, MD, MS and Rachel Brook, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2018, 85 (10) 745-747; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85a.17116

    Before menopause, most simple cysts smaller than 5 cm resolve in 2 to 3 menstrual cycles and need no further intervention.

  • Bicuspid aortic valve: Basics and beyond
    Shailee Y. Shah, MD, Andrew Higgins, MD and Milind Y. Desai, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2018, 85 (10) 779-784; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85a.17069

    What further testing does this 34-year-old patient need? Can he play sports? Does his newborn son need evaluation?

  • Ablation of atrial fibrillation: Facts for the referring physician
    Ablation of atrial fibrillation: Facts for the referring physician
    Arun R. Mahankali Sridhar, MD, MPH, Oussama Wazni, MD and Ayman A. Hussein, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2018, 85 (10) 789-799; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85a.17092

    The procedure has evolved to become a safe and effective treatment for atrial fi brillation.

  • Brain abscesses in a 60-year-old man
    Stella Pak, MD, Shawn Marein, DO, Victor Valencia,, Damian Valencia, MD, Jessica Uhler, BS and Adam Fershko, MD, FACP
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2018, 85 (9) 672-674; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85a.17130

    The lesions were not from compromised immunity, but from septic hematogenous spread of an odontogenic infection.

  • Coronary artery calcium scoring: Its practicality and clinical utility in primary care
    Coronary artery calcium scoring: Its practicality and clinical utility in primary care
    Parth Parikh, MD, Nishant Shah, MD, Haitham Ahmed, MD, MPH, Paul Schoenhagen, MD and Maan Fares, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2018, 85 (9) 707-716; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85a.17097

    It outperforms other risk-stratifi cation tools. Drawbacks include the possibility of unnecessary testing and incidental fi ndings.

  • Coronary artery calcium scoring: A valuable tool in primary care
    Michael B. Rothberg, MD, MPH
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2018, 85 (9) 717-719; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85a.18077

    Coronary calcium scoring is safe and accurate, but who should be tested?

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