Suspect Skin Lesions-A Photo Quiz
Patients often present with skin lesions that are suggestive of skin cancer. Is it or isn’t it? This week’s photo quiz tests your knowledge of several possible cancerous presentations.
Odd Skin on the Shins: Your Diagnosis?
Skin eruptions, MS risk, and a pain in the back: 5 new questions-your Dxs?
Difficult Diagnoses at Your Fingertips: A Photo Quiz
Finger disorders may be caused by an injury or may result from another disorder, and it’s often hard to tell what happened. This week’s photo quiz tests your ability to recognize a variety of common problems.
Cutis, Gut, and Endothelium: A Quiz
Rash, lumps, and bumps; extra GI IBD; and smoking: can you answer these 5 questions?
Rashes in Younger Patients: A Photo Quiz
Rashes, like children, come in all shapes and sizes, and they have a variety of causes, ranging from infection to allergic reaction. This week’s photo quiz tests your knowledge of skin conditions in younger patients.
More Than Skin Deep
This week's quiz questions challenge you to dive below the skin’s surface to come up with the correct answers.
Cellulitis in Patients With Diabetes: Strep or Staph?
In patients with diabetes who do not have foot ulcers, cellulitis is most often caused by Streptococcus and only occasionally by Staphylococcus species.
Persistent Duodenal Ulcers: Which Test Next?
A 38-year-old woman presents with her third upper GI bleed secondary to duodenal ulcers in 3 years. Biopsies have been negative for Helicobacter pylori. She complains of diarrhea and an unintentional 5-lb weight loss. What test next?
Take the “Breath Test”-A Pediatric Respiratory Photo Quiz
Respiratory symptoms are a major reason why outpatients seek medical care, and primary care physicians who treat children frequently see pneumonia. This week’s photo essay tests your knowledge of respiratory problems in kids.
Recurrent Nausea and Vomiting: What Cause?
A 21-year-old college student has presented multiple times with nausea and vomiting during the last 4 years. Upper endoscopy showed residual food in the stomach. Cyclical vomiting syndrome? Something else?
Lots of Lesions, Hematemesis, Vaccinations
This week’s questions cover a range of disorders-from infectious disease to GI problems, to HIV/AIDS. See how well you do . . .
Weight Loss and Abdominal Pain in Diabetic Man: What Test?
What study would you order to determine the cause of progressively worsening crampy abdominal pain and unintentional weight loss in an older patient with diabetes?
Sitophobia and Chronic Mesenteric Ischemia in Older Diabetic Man
The clinical presentation-crampy abdominal pain after meals, weight loss, and loose stools-is consistent with chronic mesenteric ischemia given this patient's history of diabetes.
Shiftwork and Sleep Disruption: What Are the Consequences?
Shiftwork disorder, a pattern of daytime sleepiness and insomnia that is a result of working during the usual time for sleep, is just one of the negative sequelae.
Shiftwork and Sleep Disruption: A Dangerous Combination
Shiftwork disorder is a prolonged pattern of daytime sleepiness and insomnia that is a result of working during hours that overlap the usual time for sleep.
Esophageal Malfunction: Can You Name the Cause?
Eosinophilic esophagitis is a chronic inflammatory condition believed to be secondary to an allergic trigger (food vs environmental).
Bumps, IBD, and Spots......
An asymptomatic bump; IBD and celiac disease; a gradually expanding spot .... test your clinical skills on a range of disorders in this week's quiz.
Ocular Disease: The Eyes Have It-A Photo Quiz
The eyes may be "windows to the soul," but they also provide a look at your patients’ overall health and clues to specific disorders. This week’s photo essay will test your ability to identify eye-related problems.
Gastroenterology 101-and 201: A Quiz
Five questions this week about a few common-and a few not so common-GI maladies. Test your clinical acumen...
Ulcerative Colitis, Pregnancy...and Prednisone?
How would you proceed with this patient?