Clinical Correlations

The NYU Langone Health Online Journal of Medicine

Primecuts – This Week In The Journals

January 15, 2013
PrimeCuts 4 min read

By Elizabeth Hammer, MD

Faculty Peer Reviewed

This week we saw some winners and some losers. The 2013 Academy Award Nominations were announced. Nobody was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. A flu …

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Mystery Quiz-The Answer

January 10, 2013
Mystery Quiz Pulmonary/Critical Care Radiology 2 min read

Elizabeth Mulaikal MD, Vivian Hayashi MD, Robert Smith MD

The answer to the mystery quiz is pulmonary Mycobacterium kansasii infection. The patient’s clinical presentation of fevers and night sweats suggested an infectious process or B symptoms due to lymphoma. The initial chest radiograph (image 1) demonstrated a left hilar mass which …

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Primecuts – This Week In The Journals

January 7, 2013
PrimeCuts 5 min read

By Cassia Wells, MD

Faculty Peer Reviewed

This week as the world said goodbye to 2012 and welcomed the new year, the economic “fiscal cliff” dominated the US news cycles. A deal was eventually …

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Primecuts-This Week in the Journals

December 27, 2012
PrimeCuts 5 min read

Iulia Giuroiu, MD

These past few weeks and surely for some time to come, the tragedy in Newtown, CT will weigh heavily on our hearts and minds, and our thoughts, prayers and support go out to all …

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Mystery Quiz

December 21, 2012
Mystery Quiz Pulmonary/Critical Care Radiology 2 min read

Elizabeth Mulaikal MD, Vivian Hayashi MD, Robert Smith MD

The patient is a 55 year old African American male with a 60 pack year history of tobacco use and AIDS,who presented with 1 month of intermittent fevers and weight loss. His most recent CD4 count and viral load were 2/cmm and …

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