By Nelson Sanchez, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Case:
A 56 year-old homosexual male presents to your clinic to ask whether or not he should have an anal Pap smear. The patient is HIV positive, has …
By Nelson Sanchez, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Case:
A 56 year-old homosexual male presents to your clinic to ask whether or not he should have an anal Pap smear. The patient is HIV positive, has …
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By Carl M. Gay, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
A healthy 61-year old man with a history of chronic genotype 1b hepatitis C virus infection of unknown duration arrives for his semiannual appointment in the …
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 …
By Jessica Taff, MD
As the 3 major teaching hospitals that make up NYU Medical Center begin to come back online, we thought it was the right time to …
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 …
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 …
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 …