Daewha Benjamin Hong, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
According to the New York Times, a genetic sequencing company called Knome is holding a charity auction on E-Bay with the winner to …
Clinical Correlations
The NYU Langone Health Online Journal of Medicine
Mystery Quiz- The Answer
May 1, 2009Posted by Vivian Hayashi MD and Robert Smith MD, Mystery Quiz Section Editors
The answer to the mystery quiz is sarcoidosis. The CXR shows diffuse, bilateral infiltration with a predominantly nodular pattern. The pulmonary hila are also prominent. The CT image shows innumerable 2-3mm nodules, many of …
Should we treat asymptomatic autoimmune hepatitis?
April 30, 2009
Bani Chander MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) is a progressive, inflammatory disease of the liver of unknown etiology and may progress to cirrhosis. While it is does …
Mystery Quiz
April 28, 2009Vivian Hayashi MD and Robert Smith MD, Mystery Quiz Section Editors
The patient is a 42 year old man with a history of non-productive cough for several weeks. Three weeks prior to evaluation by the pulmonary service, the patient presented to the ER with a presumed vasovagal …
PrimeCuts- This Week in the Journals
April 27, 2009
Commentary by Benjamin Bergman MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Weather’s getting good. But the world is still dangerous, and we have to labor against diseases, ancient as well as new. …
Breaking News: Swine Flu Reaches New York
April 26, 2009
Eunice Kang, MD
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has confirmed eight cases of swine influenza A (A/H1N1) virus infection in New York City, in addition to a dozen cases …
Grand Rounds: 10 Moveable Objects
April 24, 2009
Commentary by Jessica Lambert MD
Please also see the clinical vignette presented before Grand Rounds on the 8th of April.
The Medical Grand Rounds presentation on April 8, 2009, titled “10 Moveable Objects,” was delivered …
The Skinny on Cachexia…Can it be Treated?
April 22, 2009
Michael T. Tees, MD, MPH
On the wards and in the clinic, the physician is frequently presented with a patient with a decreased appetite and alarming weight loss. The patient …