A 37-year-old man with epilepsy presented to the emergency department with a 1-week
history of skin changes of the nose that began after being scratched on the nose. A few days …

A27-year-old man with no significant past medical history presented with a pruritic rash
resembling contact dermatitis on the volar right wrist. Grouped vesicles had developed on …

A 60-year-old man presented with a 3-week history of a painless, eroded, nodular, lesion of
the left inner canthus (Fig 1). His medical history included binephrectomy and renal …

19-YEAR-OLD college student presents with fever, chills, sweats, sore throat, and cough
productive of white to yellowish sputum. The symptoms began 10 days ago; 4 days later the …

To the Editor: A 46-year-old man with a history of AIDS (viral load, 28,186 copies/mL; CD4
count, 22 cells/µL) presented with a 40-lb weight loss over the last 6 months as well as …

A10-MONTH-OLDboy presentedbecause his parents had noted a mass in the lower back
that increased in size over the last 4 to 5 months. On physical examination, a nevus …

REPORT OF A CASE A 31-year-old man with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
(AIDS) presented with a 3-month history of a rapidly progressing painful lesion of the right …

Other than his illicit drug use he did not have any medical issues. Intranasal cocaine abuse
is known to cause erosion of the palate and destruction of the mucosa. 1 Various …

The chest pain was described as a central dull ache, radiating to the jaw and exacerbated
by deep inspiration, eating and coughing. On examination, blood pressure was 118/68 with …

Trigeminal trophic syndrome (TTS) is a rare condition occurring after injury to the sensory
roots of the trigeminal nerve. Trigeminal trophic syndrome was first described in 1933 by …