Oncology

  • Risk-based guidelines: Redefining management of abnormal cervical cancer screening results
    Amy Wiser, MD, FAAFP, Jeffrey D. Quinlan, MD, FAAFP and Pelin Batur, MD, FACP, NCMP
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2021, 88 (10) 556-560; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.20193

    A shift from results-based to risk-based management, based on the patient’s immediate and 5-year risks of grade 3 or higher cervical intraepithelial neoplasia.

  • 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.

  • Pseudopathologic vertebral body enhancement
    Yi Pan, MD, Peixin Tan, MD, Songxi Xie, MD, Jiewen Chen, MMed and Yi-Long Wu, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2021, 88 (8) 424-425; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.20150

    Contrast-enhanced computed tomography revealed sclerotic enhancement of the T1 vertebral body and the vertebral bodies from C2 to T2.

  • Eruptive seborrheic keratosis: A perilous clue
    Akanksha Kaushik, MD, Soufila KT, MD, Manju Daroach, MD, Divya Aggarwal, MD, Pulkit Rastogi, MD, DM and Muthu Sendhil Kumaran, MD, DNB
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2021, 88 (8) 428-430; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.20124

    An abrupt increase in seborrheic keratoses in patients with an underlying malignancy is called the Leser-Trélat sign.

  • 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.

  • Promoting physical activity in older women to maximize health
    CME article
    Augustine Chavez, MD, Robert Scales, PhD and Juliana M. Kling, MD, MPH
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 2021, 88 (7) 405-415; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.20170

    The optimal type, intensity, and level required to achieve specific health outcomes depend on the disease the patient and clinician are trying to prevent or manage.

  • Heightening awareness of blistering disorders
    Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 2021, 88 (6) 308-309; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88b.06021

    The spectrum of associated disorders ranges from annoying to life-threatening.

  • 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.

  • Point-of-care ultrasonography for the hospitalist
    Point-of-care ultrasonography for the hospitalist
    Guramrinder Singh Thind, MD, Steven Fox, MD, Mohit Gupta, MD, Praveen Chahar, MD, Robert Jones, DO, FACEP and Siddharth Dugar, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 2021, 88 (6) 345-359; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.20141

    POCUS has emerged as a vital tool in various disciplines of medicine.

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