A 96-Year-Old Male with Palpitations and a History of CAD

A 96-Year-Old Male with Palpitations and a History of CAD

The patient is a 96-year-old man who is brought to your urgent care center by his daughter, with whom he lives. She reports that he has been feeling light-headed for “a few days.” The patient confirms this, adding that he has felt his heart “fluttering,” as well. He denies chest pain and shortness of breath, but acknowledges a history of coronary artery disease. View the ECG and consider what your diagnosis and next steps would …

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A 13-Year-Old Girl with Scaling and Fissures on Her Lips

A 13-Year-Old Girl with Scaling and Fissures on Her Lips

The patients is a 13-year-old girl who presents to a pediatric urgent care clinic with 1 month of scaling and fissures on her lips which began after she started using a retinoid cream prescribed for acne.             View the image taken and consider what your diagnosis and next steps would be. Resolution of the case is described on the next page.

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A 71-Year-Old Woman with Femur Pain After a Fall

A 71-Year-Old Woman with Femur Pain After a Fall

The patient is a 71-year-old female who presents with proximal femur pain after losing her balance and sustaining a “soft” fall onto a carpeted surface. She has a past history of hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, and osteoporosis. She takes a statin, an ACE inhibitor, and a bisphosphonate. View the image taken and consider what your diagnosis and next steps would be. Resolution of the case is described on the next page.

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A 7-Year-Old Girl with White Patches on Her Toenails

A 7-Year-Old Girl with White Patches on Her Toenails

Case A mother brought her 7-year-old daughter to the pediatric urgent care center after noticing that several of the girl’s toenails on each foot had white patches and appeared short and broken. They seemed to be lifting off the nail beds and looked thinner than usual.             View the image taken and consider what your diagnosis and next steps would be. Resolution of the case is described on the next page.

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A 60-Year-Old Woman with Hypertension, Diabetes, and Sudden Fatigue and Weakness

A 60-Year-Old Woman with Hypertension, Diabetes, and Sudden Fatigue and Weakness

A 60-year-old female with a history of hypertension and diabetes presents to urgent care with fatigue and weakness for 1 day. Her son states she has not been able to get out of bed today because she’s “too tired to walk.” She denies any complaints of chest pain, nausea, vomiting, shortness of breath, or fever. View the ECG taken and consider what your diagnosis and next steps would be. Resolution of the case is described …

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A 48-Year-Old Female with Pruritic Lesions

Case A 48-year-old woman presents with several red lesions that are extremely pruritic. They are scattered haphazardly on the back of her leg. A few of the lesions are still smooth nodules, but others are now excoriations; she just can’t stop scratching them no matter how hard she tries. She estimates they appeared nearly a month ago. She reports a history of atopic dermatitis, but “this doesn’t feel like the same thing.” View the photo …

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A 38-Year-Old Woman with Shoulder Pain

A 38-Year-Old Woman with Shoulder Pain

Case A 38-year-old female patient presents with acute shoulder pain following a fall on an outstretched arm during a spring skiing vacation. There is a normal appearance to the shoulder, but significant pain even with minimal attempts at range of motion. The clavicle and elbow are nontender. Neurovascular status is intact. View the image taken (Figure 1) and consider what your diagnosis and next steps would be. Resolution of the case is described on the …

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