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PATIENT STORY Print Section Listen A 63-year-old woman presents for evaluation of unsightly erythematous-brown plaques on her anterior shins. The lesions appeared approximately 6 months ago and are occasionally itchy….

PATIENT STORY Print Section Listen A 38-year-old Middle Eastern man presented to the emergency department complaining of sudden onset of chest pain associated with hemoptysis. Physical examination was notable for…

PATIENT STORY Print Section Listen A 44-year-old Caucasian woman with type I diabetes presented with massive localized lymphedema (MLL), a phenotype of lymphedema. She had been overweight most of her…

PATIENT STORY Print Section Listen An 18-year-old woman seeks an opinion about swelling in her right leg. She first noticed it 1 year ago when her pants seemed to be…

PATIENT STORY Print Section Listen A 42-year-old man with morbid obesity, diabetes mellitus, congestive heart failure, and venous insufficiency presented with fever, pain, and swelling of his left lower extremity…

PATIENT STORY Print Section Listen A 67-year-old man presented with spontaneous left-calf pain and swelling of 2-days duration. Four weeks prior, he had undergone percutaneous angioplasty of the left anterior…

PATIENT STORY Print Section Listen A 38-year-old woman presented with a persistently swollen left leg. The patient related that the swelling postdated a vague left calf injury incurred 6 months…

PATIENT STORY Print Section Listen A 36-year-old previously healthy man presents with a swollen and painful right calf 1 week after returning from a trip to Europe. On examination, the…

PATIENT STORY Print Section Listen A 66-year-old woman with long-standing tobacco use presented with recurrent postprandial abdominal pain and food aversion for the last 18 months. An associated weight loss…

PATIENT STORY Print Section Listen A 35-year-old woman, mother of three, presented with a progressive increase in the size of the vein on the inside of her thigh during her…