By Synphen H. WU, MD, PhD.
Faculty Peer Review
Welcome to the final Primecuts of the year!
As 2011 draws to a close and we look ahead to 2012, the state of the economy …
Clinical Correlations
The NYU Langone Health Online Journal of Medicine
What Is the Significance of Monoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined Significance (MGUS)?
December 22, 2011
By Maryann Kwa, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Clinical Case:
A.D. is a healthy 65-year-old African American male with no prior medical history who presents to his primary care physician for an annual check up. He …
Primecuts – This Week In The Journals
December 20, 2011
By Jason Feliberti, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
“Tis the season to be Jolly,” and if you’re like me “Tis the season to hope for new [electronic] toys.” The Holidays are around the …
Myths and Realities: The Fishy Truth about Mercury Toxicity
December 17, 2011
By Nicole Learned
Faculty Peer Reviewed
In an age when patients obtain medical news from the media, and celebrities initiate powerful health trends, clinicians have to be prepared …
Mystery Quiz- The Answer
December 14, 2011Vivian Hayashi MD and Robert Smith MD, Mystery Quiz Section Editors
The answer to the mystery quiz is Kaposi’s sarcoma. The CXR shows bilateral confluent airspaceopacities which have a wide differential diagnosis in this case. The CT narrows the differential. Specifically, the opacities appear to emanate from the central hilar …
Primecuts – This Week In the Journals
December 12, 2011
By Sunnie Kim, MD
Faculty Peer Review
In an effort to steer clear of financial collapse, European leaders announced last week that they signed an intergovernmental treaty to enforce stricter budgetary discipline. …
Mystery Quiz
December 9, 2011Vivian Hayashi MD and Robert Smith MD, Mystery Quiz Section Editors
The patient is a 52 year old African-American man who presented with breathlessness and weight loss over one month along with watery stools during the week prior to admission. He had a history of untreated HIV infection, a CD4 cell …
Is There Really Any Role For Steroids In Acute Alcoholic Hepatitis?
December 8, 2011
By Keri Herzog, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
The patient is a 48-year-old male with a history of heavy alcohol use (he drinks about 1 pint of vodka daily) who presented to the …