Category: Systems

Clinical Correlations


Breaking News: The Crestor Controversy

Devyani Kothari, MD

Patients are already talking about a New York Times front page article highlighting the risks associated with statin use as a preventive measure for cardiovascular events in relatively “healthy” people. The piece examines …

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Mystery Quiz- The Answer

Vivian Hayashi MD and Robert Smith MD, Mystery Quiz Section Editors

The answer to the mystery quiz is progressive massive fibrosis. This condition is a severe form of silicosis. The chest radiograph (Image 3) shows bullous disease of the right upper lobe, increased density of the right …

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Mystery Quiz

Vivian Hayashi MD and Robert Smith MD, Mystery Quiz Section Editors

The patient is a 39yo male followed in pulmonary clinic for chronic breathlessness and intermittent sputum production, sometimes blood tinged. Symptoms were first noted eleven years earlier at which time pulmonary function testing revealed mixed obstructive …

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What Should We Know About Bedbugs?

Class Act ID 5 min read

Jia Huang

Faculty peer reviewed

A 46 year-old Asian female presented with recurrent pruritic erythematous papules in a partially linear pattern over her forearms, face, and trunk. Each papule measured about 3/4 inch in …

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