May 2006 9 5 Issue of Clinical Advisor

Dermatologic Look-Alikes

A pair of solitary nodules

One man had a nodule on his palm, and another had one on his leg. Both lesions were painless, but the diagnoses were very different.
 

Legal Advisor

The danger of a sloppy referral

A supervising physician's notes said the patient had been referred to a cardiologist, but the PA's notes did not. Lawyers seize on the discrepancy.
 

Signs of stroke never suspected

A case that started with dizziness and earache ends with the patient paralyzed and bedridden.
 
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