A 23-year-old man who had been a passenger in a minivan was brought to the emergency department after a high-speed road-traffic accident. He had transient hypotension and tachycardia, which improved after the administration of intravenous fluids.
During childhood this patient had had an alkali burn of the esophagus that resulted in complete esophageal stenosis. What is the most likely cause of this physical finding?
A 63-year-old man with a history of peptic ulcer and recent use of nonsteroidal antiinflammatory medications presented to the emergency room with an acute onset of shortness of breath and chest pain. What's the Diagnosis ?
What is the most likely diagnosis associated with these findings and symptoms of eye and ear pain?
A 48-year-old man was referred to the emergency department for chest trauma related to a motorcycle accident. What is the Diagnosis ?
What is the most likely cause of this finding in a woman undergoing treatment for breast cancer with spinal metastases?
A 19-year-old man presented with a congenital skin lesion on the left clavicular region. What is the most likely diagnosis for this lesion?
A 6-year-old boy presented to our hospital after several hours of vomiting and dyspnea. He had been in a motor vehicle accident 6 months earlier and sustained a seatbelt injury that necessitated surgical repair of a right diaphragmatic hernia, accessed through the right thorax. What is the diagnosis?
A 42-year-old man presented with a 1-month history of an intensely pruritic eruption on his right foot after a vacation in Nigeria. The eruption was migratory, moving a few millimeters to a few centimeters daily. What is the most likely diagnosis in this patient?
A 92-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital with a severe left-sided ischemic stroke causing altered mental status. An initial attempt to insert a small-caliber nasogastric tube for feeding was unsuccessful, with coiling of the tube in the mouth. A subsequent attempt with a stiff stylet resulted in easy insertion, without cough or respiratory distress.