Commentary by Melissa Price, MD, PGY-3
Please also see the clinical vignette presented before last week’s Grand Rounds.
At Medical Grand Rounds on March 11th, 2009, the NYU Medical Community had the immense pleasure of hosting Dr. Allan I. Pack, MD, Ch.B, and …
Commentary by Sabina Berezovskaya MD, PGY-3
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Up to 32% of patients with acute pericarditis will have a recurrent episode. Acute attacks are commonly precipitated by infections, malignancy, cardiac trauma, myocardial infection, or autoimmune disease. Recurrent …
Commentary by Deena Altman MD, PGY-2
Please also see the clinical vignette presented before grand rounds on February 18th.
At medical grand rounds on February 18, 2009, our very own Dr. Pillinger gave a unique overview of the history, pathogenesis, and …
Posted by Vivian Hayashi MD and Robert Smith MD, Mystery Quiz Section Editors
The answer to the mystery quiz is allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA). The CXR shows right upper lobe opacities, two of which appear round (Image 3, arrow) and another tubular (Image 3, arrowhead), and a left upper lobe opacity which has …
Posted by Vivian Hayashi MD and Robert Smith MD, Mystery Quiz Section Editors
The patient is a 42 year old male non-smoker with history of poorly controlled asthma (first diagnosed in 1994, recurrent need for steroid treatments but never intubated), severe seasonal allergies with chronic sinusitis, hepatic steatosis, GERD and gout who presented with …
Commentary by Christopher Tully MD, PGY-1
Faculty Peer Reviewed
An apple a day. . . keeps the prostate cancer away? While it is an overstatement to say that an apple can prevent cancer, the notion of taking “something†to prevent cancer initiation and growth is nothing new. Primary prevention has …
Commentary by Catherine Lucero MD, PGY-3
Faculty Peer Reviewed
The patient is a 69-year old woman from El Salvador with a chief complaint of worsening abdominal distension for nine months. Three months earlier, the patient …
Commentary by Jon-Emile Kenny MD, PGY-Â 2Â
Faculty Peer Reviewed
At morning report, the case of a 55 F with known dermatomyositis (DM), and interstitial lung involvement who had presented to the hospital …