[NEJM临床医学影像]:皮肌炎的眶周水肿已关闭评论
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Periorbital Edema in Dermatomyositis
Caoilfhionn M. Connolly, Lisa Christopher-Stine
N Engl J Med 2023; 388:e52DOI: 10.1056/NEJMicm2210861
A 61-year-old woman presented to the rheumatology clinic with a 6-month history of periorbital swelling and shoulder weakness. She reported no dyspnea, cough, or joint pain. The physical examination was notable for erythema of the upper and lower eyelids and substantial periorbital edema (Pan...
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[NEJM临床医学影像]:盲肠扭转的咖啡豆征已关闭评论
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Coffee Bean Sign in Cecal Volvulus
Pascal Gavriilidis, Francisco Reyes Milian
N Engl J Med 2023; 388:1415DOI: 10.1056/NEJMicm2210796
An 87-year-old man with chronic kidney disease, hypertension, and atrial fibrillation presented to the emergency department on a remote South Atlantic island where he resided with a 3-day history of constipation and lower abdominal pain. The patient’s body temperature was 39.2°C, the heart rate was...
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[NEJM临床医学影像]:Erdheim-Chester病的“毛状肾”已关闭评论
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“Hairy Kidney” in Erdheim–Chester Disease
Nityasree Srialluri, Mohamed G. Atta
N Engl J Med 2023; 388:925DOI: 10.1056/NEJMicm2208776
A 62-year-old man undergoing abdominal ultrasonography for the evaluation of gallstones was found to have a retroperitoneal mass. A physical examination and the results of routine laboratory studies, including tests of renal function, were normal. A computed tomographic (CT) urogram showed soft-tis...
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[NEJM临床医学影像]:假性血小板增多已关闭评论
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Pseudothrombocytosis
Konstantinos Liapis, Stavros Papadakis
N Engl J Med 2023; 388:746DOI: 10.1056/NEJMicm2209299
An 80-year-old woman who had been admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) with severe burns was noted to have an elevated platelet count. She had been rescued from a house fire and admitted to the ICU for the management of second- and third-degree burns involving 55% of her body-surface area. On presentation, labor...
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[NEJM临床医学影像]:胆汁胸已关闭评论
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Bilothorax
Yu Kurahara, Ikue Nagayama
N Engl J Med 2023; 388:e17DOI: 10.1056/NEJMicm2206943
A 77-year-old man with metastatic lung adenocarcinoma presented to the emergency department with a 2-week history of dyspnea. Examination was notable for reduced breath sounds at the right lung base. A chest radiograph showed a pleural effusion on the right side (Panel A). An abdominal ultrasound image showed previously known liver metast...
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[NEJM发表论文]:脑囊型包虫病已关闭评论
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Cerebral Cystic Echinococcosis
Sumit Thakar, Akhil Sunil
N Engl J Med 2023; 388:e10DOI: 10.1056/NEJMicm2208104
A previously healthy 14-year-old boy who lived on a farm presented with a 1-month history of episodic headaches associated with vomiting. Physical examination was notable for papilledema. Magnetic resonance imaging of the head showed a multiloculated cyst measuring 6.0 cm by 6.2 cm by 5.8 cm in the right temporoparietal...
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[NEJM临床医学影像]:脑泡型包虫病已关闭评论
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Cerebral Alveolar Echinococcosis
Hu Ju, Chuanchuan Liu
N Engl J Med 2023; 388:453DOI: 10.1056/NEJMicm2202196
A 17-year-old boy presented to the emergency department with a 3-week history of dizziness, headache, and weakness of the right leg. Neurologic examination was notable for 4/5 strength in the right lower leg. Computed tomography (CT) of the head revealed ring-enhancing lesions in the frontal lobe and basal ganglia on the ...
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[NEJM临床医学影像]:脾结核已关闭评论
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Splenic Tuberculosis
Chung-Yen Chen, Po-Jen Yang
N Engl J Med January 21, 2023DOI: 10.1056/NEJMicm2206174
A 29-year-old man with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection presented to the emergency department with a 2-week history of abdominal pain on the left side. Six months before presentation, he had received a diagnosis of HIV infection and non–drug-resistant pulmonary tuberculosis, for which antiretroviral and four-drug...
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[NEJM临床医学影像]:汞中毒已关闭评论
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Mercury Poisoning
Yunying Feng, Fengdan Wan
A previously healthy 25-year-old man presented to the general medicine clinic with a 3-month history of worsening fatigue, nausea, and dry cough. One week before the onset of his symptoms, he had injected 4 ml of elemental mercury intravenously as a folk remedy for tinea cruris. Conjunctival pallor was observed on physical examination. Laboratory studies showed a hemoglobin level of 6.5 g...
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[NEJM发表论文]:安全带征与安全带主动脉已关闭评论
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Seat-Belt Sign and Seat-Belt Aorta
Yuita Fukuyama, Tomokazu Motomura
N Engl J Med November 5, 2022DOI: 10.1056/NEJMicm2204183
A 53-year-old woman presented to the emergency department with abdominal pain after being involved in a head-on motor vehicle collision in which she had been a driver and had been wearing a seat belt. Examination revealed decreased breath sounds in the right lung field, diffuse tenderness on palpation of the ...
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