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PATIENT STORY Print Section Listen A 40-year-old otherwise healthy school teacher presented with disfiguring spider and reticular veins on the posterior-lateral aspect of her left thigh. Her spider veins appeared…

PATIENT STORY Print Section Listen A 74-year-old hypertensive male presents with a four-hour history of acute-onset severe diffuse abdominal pain. Two weeks prior he was hospitalized with a large anterior…

PATIENT STORY Print Section Listen A 49-year-old man returns from a 1-week trip to Hong Kong and reports right calf cramping that started after picking up his luggage. Over the…

PATIENT STORY Print Section Listen A 74-year-old man presents with acute erythema, pain, and tenderness along the medial aspect of his thigh and knee. He was recently hospitalized with proximal…

PATIENT STORY Print Section Listen A 34-year-old woman on oral contraceptive pills presents with vague right upper quadrant abdominal pain and worsening abdominal distention for the past 1 month. On…

PATIENT STORY Print Section Listen A 55-year-old man with a history of chronic alcoholism and recurrent bouts of pancreatitis presented with new onset of hematemesis and hematochezia. He complained of…

PATIENT STORY Print Section Listen 48-year-old woman is evaluated for newly diagnosed hypertension in the absence of atherosclerotic risk factors. A systolic abdominal bruit is discovered on clinical examination. Neither…

PATIENT STORY Print Section Listen A 22-year-old Caucasian woman presented to the vascular clinic with intense postprandial abdominal pain that occurred 20 to 30 minutes after eating. She also relayed…

PATIENT STORY Print Section Listen A 67-year-old man treated for hypertension (HTN) for the past 25 years is now having difficulty with his blood pressure control. His medical history is…

PATIENT STORY Print Section Listen A 35-year-old Caucasian man with a pulsating painful flank mass was referred for further evaluation and treatment. The mass had been present for over 15…