The bruises didn’t make sense. Neither did her pain. A 16-year-old female came to the emergency department suddenly unable to walk. She had rolled her ankle about a month earlier, but now was ...
The patient was an elderly Caucasian man who came to the clinic with complaints of a red, intensely itchy rash on his elbows (Figure 1), buttocks (Figure 2), and back. His symptoms began with a slight ...
Lower back and hip pain is common. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), an estimated 619 million people live with lower back pain and it’s the leading cause of disability worldwide. But ...
A 32-year-old woman presents to the emergency department for a mildly itchy rash on her legs of 3 days’ duration as well as lower extremity joint pain and abdominal pain. She states that she has had a ...
A man’s love of mushrooms left him with bizarre red streaks across his back. In a case study released this week, doctors describe how the unlucky fellow developed a rare skin condition from eating ...