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PATIENT STORY Print Section Listen A 47-year-old woman with chronic low back pain presents with a chief complaint of a persistent rash along her posterior trunk. The discoloration has slowly…

PATIENT STORY Print Section Listen A 60-year-old woman presents with a 3-month history of painful ulceration of her lower left leg. She has a history of congestive heart failure, diabetes,…

PATIENT STORY Print Section Listen A 52-year-old woman with controlled hypothyroidism presented for symptoms of painful burning and discolored feet. She reported 1 to 2 years of progressive disabling lower…

PATIENT STORY Print Section Listen A 43-year-old woman presented with severe pain, burning, and swelling of the feet. Her symptoms began 2 days prior after returning from a 7-day camping…

PATIENT STORY Print Section Listen A 68-year-old woman from Idaho presented in February with complaints of burning, painful reddish-blue skin changes in four of her right and three of her…

PATIENT STORY Print Section Listen A 48-year-old homeless man presented to the emergency department with bilateral black toes on a subzero temperature morning in January. He states that initially he…

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,…