A 66-year-old man with abnormal thyroid function tests

A 66-year-old man with dyspnea, left lower lobe infiltrate, and abnormal imaging.

A 66-year-old nonsmoking man was referred to the pulmonary clinic for workup after abnormal findings on chest radiograph were discovered during his evaluation for cardiac disease. The patient had a history of mitral regurgitation and atrial fibrillation, and he had lived in China at an altitude of 1,900 m all of his life. He traveled to the United States for evaluation of dyspnea. Over the past...

Lower urinary tract symptoms in a 66-year-old man.

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 47-year-old alcoholic man with progressive abnormal gait.

Central pontine myelinolysis should be considered in the differential diagnosis of a patient with a history of alcoholism and malnutrition presenting with ataxia, regardless of serum sodium values. T2-weighted images are the most sensitive imaging technique, but changes may not be evident for weeks after the insult, and in addition, the insult may not be known. Supportive care is important to p...

A 66-year-old Thai man with fever and abdominal pain.

Figure 1. Noncontrast CT of aorta. A, A –cm infrarenal aortic aneurysm (Ao) with a calcified wall. High-density periaortic fluid (arrow) of 7 ϫ 7 the same density as muscle represented leakage of blood. B, Aneurysm of the right and left common iliac arteries (RI and LI, respectively), especially at the right side, with high-density fluid (arrows) around RI emphasizing evidence of leakage. Diagn...