A32-year-old woman was evaluated in an emergency depart-ment with a near-syncopal
episode, associated with diffuse urticarial rash and a feeling of enlargement of her tongue …

A 35-year-old Filipino nurse presented with a painful swelling in the right side of her neck.
She had been treated with clarithromycin at the onset of the illness four weeks earlier but her …

We recently encountered a rare and life-threatening presentation of an increasingly common
infectious disease. The patient, a 28-year-old man who had immigrated to the US from the …

A 43-year-old man with a history of intravenous drug abuse for 2 years presented with
progressive and painless swellings in the left side of the neck for a duration of 1 month. He …

A42-year-old man with hepatitis C presented to the emergency department with fever and a
tender, fluctuant neck mass on the right. He had a well-documented history of intraven ous …

DISCUSSION Complete blood count and liver function tests were within normal limits. VDRL
was negative. The pathology reading on a biopsy performed at local hospital was reported …

A previously healthy 16-year-old girl presented to her physician because of a two-day
history of sore throat, fatigue, fever, headache, and vomiting. On examination, her …

Injection drug users frequently present to emergency departments with fever. A careful
history and physical examination with attention to anatomic localization of symptoms and …

A 40-year-old HIV-infected gay man presented with a 2-cm neck mass, which was promptly
incised and drained. Over the ensuing months, however, the wound continued to drain pus …

A 22-year-old medical student presented at the student health center complaining of a
persistent. unproductive cough, which was accompanied by a diffuse rash and sudden onset …