A Young Girl With Recurring Alopecia
At age 4 years, this young girl’s hair is falling out for the second time after growing back completely. She is otherwise healthy. Watch the video and make your diagnosis.
Child With Abdominal Pain and Swelling After Car Accident
The child is alert and able to speak. Physical examination reveals abdominal contusions and inguinal lacerations. The abdomen is distended and painful to the touch. Watch the video, review the history, and make your diagnosis.
Which of the “Six Foods” Would You Eliminate First?
For a young man with eosinophilic esophagitis, which potential allergen is most likely the cause of his symptoms?
Which Pancreatic Lesion Requires Resection?
Cystic pancreatic lesions fall into several categories. Some are indolent and can be followed; others are precancerous.
What’s Next in Workup for Portal Vein Thrombosis?
Portal vein thrombosis is often an ominous sign. What next for this patient with HCV cirrhosis?
A Teen Too Exhausted to Attend School
The 15-year-old presents with a sore throat, congestion, and malaise. Her mother, afraid she will infect her siblings, requests a strep test. Review the history, watch the video exam. What’s your diagnosis?
A Middle-Aged Woman With Severe Flank Pain
Accompanying vomiting and fever raised suspicion for appendicitis and a CT scan of the abdomen and pelvis was ordered. Watch the ED video, review the history, and make your diagnosis.
Teen With Dyspnea After Chest Wall Trauma
X-rays offer no clue to the cause of dyspnea in this teen who cannot take a deep breath after crashed on his bicycle. Watch the short video, read the clues, and make your diagnosis.
Morbidly Obese Man With Abdominal Wall Cellulitis
What’s the underlying cause of current cellulitis in this morbidly obese man?
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FAQs on the VIS-Are You Up on the Law?
Check your VIS IQ with a few frequently asked questions about CDC regulations governing distribution of vaccine information statement sheets.
To Ablate, or Not to Ablate? How Will You Answer the Question?
Ablation therapy may be an option for these two patients with heart disease. What is your recommendation? And, does the evidence support it?
Pondering the New Meningococcal B Vaccine: Do B or Do Not Do B?
To give the meningococcal B vaccine or not to give it?
Who Calls the Shots: Why Vaccination Is a Lot Like Baseball
You’re on second base, batter’s up; coaches on 2 and 3 give crossed signals; the owner glares from his box. Substitute pharma, the FDA, and ACIP and it may feel the same.
An Enlarging Plaque
What figures into your differential of a slowly enlarging asymptomatic plaque, like the one on this child's hand?
Colorectal Ca Screening: Does Noninvasive Make the Grade?
There are several “do-it-yourself” colon cancer screening tests available. But do any of them approximate the sensitivity of the gold standard colonoscopy?