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PATIENT STORY Print Section Listen A 68-year-old woman presented to the hospital with a 2-day history of left-eye blindness and a discolored lower lip and tongue. One week prior she…

PATIENT STORY Print Section Listen A 32-year-old healthy woman with subjective cold sensitivity presents with a “fishnet” appearing rash on her thighs and calves. It has been present for at…

PATIENT STORY Print Section Listen A 40-year-old woman presents with a complaint of painless blue discoloration of both hands and feet (Figure 76-1). The color changes are persistent, although their…

PATIENT STORY Print Section Listen A 48-year-old man presented with a 2-week history of left-foot drop and diffuse muscle pain. He also reported 3 months of progressive, postprandial abdominal pain,…

PATIENT STORY Print Section Listen A 68-year-old woman was hospitalized for evaluation of progressive dyspnea, cough, and hemoptysis. She had a 2-month history of malaise, anorexia, arthralgias, and a 30-lb…

PATIENT STORY Print Section Listen A 58-year-old man with recurrent rhinosinusitis and nasal polyps developed new-onset asthma poorly responsive to inhaled bronchodilators. He responded well to oral corticosteroids but developed…

PATIENT STORY Print Section Listen A 50-year-old woman has noticed bilateral enlargement of her lower legs and buttocks since she was in her early 30s. She states that her feet…

PATIENT STORY Print Section Listen A 32-year-old man presented with a 3-month history of fever, weight loss, sinusitis, arthralgias, and dyspnea. He had been treated with several courses of antibiotics…

PATIENT STORY Print Section Listen A dialysis-dependent 48-year-old white man with polycystic kidney disease was admitted to the hospital for a living-related renal transplantation. In the immediate post-op course he…

PATIENT STORY Print Section Listen A 39-year-old, previously healthy man presented to rheumatology clinic with 6 days of a progressively severe rash on his lower legs and pain in his…