Dawn A. Marcus, MD

Monday morning your nurse hands you charts for 4 new patients. Each patient is a woman with widespread body pain, stiffness, and fatigue. All have already been evaluated by another physician and were advised that they should reduce stress and practice distraction techniques. They are in your office today seeking a second opinion.

Read the cases of 4 patients whose chief complaint is a 2-week history of neck pain, try your hand at making a quick diagnosis, then go to the next page to read the outcome.