Derm Dx: Dark Streak Traversing the Thumb Nail
A streak of dark pigmentation in a woman’s thumb nail is an incidental finding during a leg examination.
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Slideshows
Ortho Dx: Patient With Hip Pain
A patient presents with a 4-month history of pain in the left hip.
Derm Dx: Concerning Growth on the Scrotum
A patient is referred for evaluation of an asymptomatic, deeply pigmented plaque on his scrotum.
Ortho Dx: Recurrent Pain and Swelling in the Knee
A woman presents with a history of persistent pain in her left knee that has worsened over the past month.
Derm Dx: Firm Nodule on the Nose
A woman presents with a firm nodule on her nose.
Ortho Dx: Knee Pain Following a Basketball Game
An adolescent boy presents with pain in his left knee after playing basketball 2 days earlier.
Circumscribed Hyperpigmented Lesions
A 10-year-old child presents for evaluation of a 5-day history of lesions on the hands. Examination reveals multiple circumscribed, hyperpigmented lesions. The lesions appeared 12 hours after the patient took oral ibuprofen for fever. Three months earlier, identical lesions appeared in the same locations after the patient took the same medication for 3 days. This…
Annular Erythematous Plaque
A 29-year-old white man presents with a 10-day history of a scaly, pruritic lesion on his right posterior thigh. His medical and family histories are unremarkable. On examination, the lesion is an annular erythematous plaque with trailing scale. The polycyclic plaque has a central clearing. Biopsy is performed, the results of which show a dense…
Derm Dx: Cysts on the Trunk and Buttocks
A patient presents with numerous white cysts on his trunk and buttocks.
Ortho Dx: Severe Charcot Arthropathy
A patient presents with severe Charcot arthropathy.
Podcasts
Canadian physician assistants: A new profession with new educational insight
Canada’s educational training programs are some of the most innovative in the world and use techniques that promote the skills that future clinicians need.
Clinical officers improve health care in Kenya
Clinical officers outnumber physicians working in Kenya, and tend to work in rural areas where the need for health care is greatest.
Starting a physician assistant program in Liberia
Steve Trexler, an American PA with over 30 years of experience, discusses the development of a physician assistant program in Liberia.
In the wake of the Ebola crisis, PAs in Liberia face professional challenges
Physician assistants in Liberia have played a key role in their country’s health care during times of crisis, but they still face professional challenges.
PAs in India expanding from specialty areas to primary care
Ebin Abraham, PA, explains how the Indian PA profession began in cardiology and is now starting to expand into primary care to help meet rural health needs.
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