76-Year-Old Man With Retroperitoneal Bleeding After Prostatectomy

Update: A 76-year-old man with macular degeneration.

Jorge Arroyo, MD, discussed the epidemiology and pathophysiology of age-related macular degeneration (AMD). The discussion centered on Dr G, a 76-year-old semiretired surgeon devastated by the loss of depth perception in his right eye because it prevented him from continuing to practice surgery. Three years prior to the conference, Dr G noticed subtle vision changes, which progressed, resulting...

A 77-year-old man with nonvariceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding.

Clinical reasoning: a 76-year-old man remaining comatose after cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

A 76-year-old man was admitted to the hospital after having a "cardiac arrest" while riding his bicycle and subsequently falling into a canal. Thirty minutes after the accident, he was resuscitated by an ambulance crew. They detected a ventricular tachycardia, which responded to defibrillation. Thereafter, there was a sinus bradycardia, which was treated with atropine and adrenaline. After 30 m...

A 50 Year Old Man with Fever and Abdominal Pain

The patient is a 50-year-old man who has been diagnosed with abdominal pain, fever, shivering and constipation with nausea and vomiting with a possible diagnosis of typhoid. Computed tomography (CT) of the abdomen and pelvis was performed by injection of contrast agent for the patient. What is your diagnosis?

A 76-year-old woman with paraplegia.

A-76-year old woman was admitted to the hospital with paraplegia after a collapse at home. Magnetic resonance imaging showed white matter lesions from Th4 to L2 as well as large confluent white matter lesions in the cerebrum. Within 3 days, the patient's mental status decreased dramatically and she finally died on day 16 after her fall. Autopsy examination revealed an acute myeloid leukemia, wh...