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From:Journal of Family Practice (Vol. 71, Issue 10) Peer-ReviewedA 68-YEAR-OLD MAN with type 2 diabetes presented with progressive hyperpigmentation of the lower extremities and face over the past 3 years. Clinical examination revealed confluent, blue-black hyperpigmentation of the...
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From:Journal of Family Practice (Vol. 71, Issue 8) Peer-ReviewedTHE COMPARISON A Areas of alopecia with erythema and scale in a young Black boy with tinea capitis. He also had an enlarged posterior cervical lymph node (arrow) from this fungal infection. B White patches of scale...
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From:Journal of Family Practice (Vol. 71, Issue 8) Peer-ReviewedA 13-YEAR-OLD GIRL presented to the clinic with a 1-year history of a slow-growing mass on the third toe of her right foot. As a soccer player, she experienced associated pain when kicking the ball or when wearing...
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From:Journal of Family Practice (Vol. 71, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedMelanoma occurs less frequently in individuals with darker skin types than in those with lighter skin types but is associated with higher rates of morbidity and mortality in this patient population. (1-7) In the cases...
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From:Journal of Family Practice (Vol. 66, Issue 10) Peer-ReviewedInitial head and neck CT scans following a syncopal episode were unrevealing. Two weeks later, a follow-up scan painted a different picture. A 77-year-old woman presented to the emergency department complaining of a...
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From:Journal of Family Practice (Vol. 62, Issue 5) Peer-ReviewedA 38-YEAR-OLD MAN was brought into our emergency department (ED) after driving his motorcycle at high speed into a tree. The patient, who hadn't been wearing a helmet, was thrown 30 feet. When EMS arrived, the patient...
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From:Journal of Family Practice (Vol. 54, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedAn 11-month-old baby girl came to the clinic with a pruritic rash. The rash initially appeared in her popliteal fossa 2 weeks before the visit. The eruption extended to the right leg, arm, and flank the week before the...
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From:Journal of Family Practice (Vol. 54, Issue 8) Peer-ReviewedA 24-year-old woman, pregnant with a fetus at 22 weeks gestational age, came to the OB triage area with abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting. She described a sharp pain that began the night before, starting at the...
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From:Journal of Family Practice (Vol. 52, Issue 5) Peer-ReviewedA 74-year-old Caucasian woman visited an outpatient clinic at a homeless shelter. Her chief concern was itching all over her body. Her chart revealed a history of chronic scabies and mental illness. She had been seen in...
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From:Journal of Family Practice (Vol. 57, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedAn 88-year-old Caucasian man of Italian ancestry came into our clinic with multiple, painful purple-red "growths" on his left foot that he'd had for several years (FIGURE 1). The patient had no systemic complaints (no...
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From:Journal of Family Practice (Vol. 68, Issue 7) Peer-ReviewedA 21-YEAR-OLD woman presented with a rash on her right thigh of 3 to 4 months' duration. She reported that the patch was asymptomatic. She was not taking any medications and otherwise was in good health. A review of...
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From:Journal of Family Practice (Vol. 69, Issue 5) Peer-ReviewedA 38-year-old woman presented to the primary care clinic with a growing nodule on her head (figure) of 4 to 6 months' duration. The nodule was painless but was getting caught on her hairbrush. Physical exam revealed a...
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From:Journal of Family Practice (Vol. 52, Issue 9) Peer-ReviewedA 28-year-old man came to the office with a rash on his face. He reported he has had this rash on and off for 3 years. The rash sometimes itches around his moustache, and it gets worse with stress--he has been under...
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From:Journal of Family Practice (Vol. 54, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedA 21-year-old woman came to the clinic, frightened by a painful purpuric rash on her lower extremities (FIGURES 1 AND 2). The lesions appeared suddenly 3 days before, with no prior similar episodes. The pain, and...
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From:Journal of Family Practice (Vol. 52, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedA 52-year-old African American homeless man visited a clinic at the local shelter, complaining of pain in his left knee for the past 2 days. He denied trauma or any history of knee injuries. He also denied any recent...
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From:Journal of Family Practice (Vol. 52, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedA 48-year-old African American woman came to our office because the discoloration of one fingernail that began months earlier had spread to a second finger, and the first finger to become discolored had begun to hurt....
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From:Journal of Family Practice (Vol. 56, Issue 12) Peer-ReviewedA mother brought her 3 1/2-year-old son into the office for a worsening rash in the perianal area (FIGURE 1). Mother and child had been in the office 2 weeks earlier for the rash, and the physician had prescribed...
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From:Journal of Family Practice (Vol. 57, Issue 10) Peer-ReviewedA 63-year-old man came into our dermatologic surgery clinic with a growth on his left cheek just anterior to his sideburn (FIGURE). Our patient indicated that the lesion, which appeared 6 weeks earlier, started as a...