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- The under- and overrecognized, and the elephant in the room
We internists must recognize the pine cones without losing our vision of the forest.
- Infective endocarditis: Don’t forget the ICE
A recent article did not mention intracardiac echocardiography.
- In reply: Infective endocarditis: Don’t forget the ICE
Echocardiography relies on finding an anatomic abnormality, whereas 18FDG-PET is a functional examination.
- Paroxysmal finger hematoma
This benign, self-limiting condition predominantly affects middle-aged women.
- Constitutional symptoms, pathologic PET-CT
PET-CT showed diffuse hypermetabolism of the great vessel walls, compatible with large-vessel giant cell arteritis.
- Trousseau syndrome
Examination revealed multiple bluish macules and 2 palpable thrombosed superficial veins in the right popliteal fossa.