Clinical Challenge

Dermatologic Look-Alikes

Large, Spreading Rash After Illness

By

Christopher Rizk, MD

Leah Douglas, BS

Yelena Dokic, BSA

Publish Date December 17, 2020

The term morbilliform describes a rash that resembles measles, with erythematous, maculopapular lesions that may coalesce.

Hepatology Information Center

Case Study in Live Liver Transplantation: HIV-Positive Mother Donates to HIV-Negative Daughter

By

Eudiah Ochieng, PA-C

Lisa Daitch, MPAS, PA-C

Publish Date December 4, 2020

In 2018, surgeons in South Africa reported on the first case involving an HIV-positive living donor and an HIV-negative recipient.

Pulmonology Information Center

Interstitial Lung Disease or COVID-19? A Complex Pulmonary Differential Amid a Global Health Crisis

By

Nicole Uzzo

Cheryl James, PA

Rohit Kumar, MD

Publish Date December 3, 2020

A case review demonstrates the challenges in differentiating interstitial lung disease from COVID-19 during the global pandemic.

Neurology Information Center

A Patient With Fatigue and Fluctuating Bilateral Ptosis, Vertical Binocular Diplopia

By

Lauren Blessing, PA-C

Sara Haddow Liebel, MSA, PA-C

Publish Date November 5, 2020

Fluctuating bilateral ptosis, binocular diplopia, and fatigue without pupillaryabnormalities raise the clinical index of suspicion for myasthenia gravis.

Clinical Challenge

Case Study: Painless Loss of Vision

By

Brady Pregerson, MD

Publish Date November 4, 2020

A patient presents with dark and blurred vision occurring in her left eye that has been present for 24 hours.

Pulmonology Information Center

Aspiration Pneumonia Mistaken for Community- Acquired Pneumonia

By

Paula M. Barrenechea, PA-S

Stevie M. Redmond, MPA, PA-C

Publish Date October 2, 2020

A patient with a history of achalasia presents to the emergency department with pneumonia that quickly leads to hypoxic respiratory failure.

Clinical Challenge

Case Study: Pain in the Right Lower Abdomen

By

Brady Pregerson, MD

Publish Date September 23, 2020

A young woman presents to the emergency department with right lower quadrant pain that has become progressively worse over the past 18 hours.

Clinical Challenge

Case Study: Epigastric Abdominal Pain and Vomiting

By

Brady Pregerson, MD

Publish Date August 24, 2020

A patient presents to the emergency department with intermittent epigastric abdominal pain that radiates into his back.

Clinical Challenge

Case Study: Gunshot Wound to the Thigh

By

Brady Pregerson, MD

Publish Date July 27, 2020

A man presents to the emergency department with a gunshot wound above the knee on his left thigh.

Neurology Information Center

Case Report: When a Headache Isn’t a Migraine

By

Heather Jones, DNP, AGPCNP-C

Beth Ammerman, DNP, FNP-BC

Publish Date June 8, 2020

Chiari malformation is a condition characterized by cerebellar tonsillar herniation of ≥5 mm below the level of the foramen magnum.