A 69-Year-Old Man With Syncope

A 69-year-old man with long-standing thrombocytopenia.

A 69-year-old man presented with a long-standing thrombocytopenia and microcytic anemia. The automated platelet count was 67 10/ L (reference interval, 150 – 450 10/ L); therefore, EDTA-dependent pseudothrombocytopenia was excluded. The hemoglobin concentration was 10.5 g/dL (reference interval, 14 –18 g/dL). The patient denied having petechiae and reported no excessive bleeding in daily life. ...

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?

Group beating in a 69-year-old man with a previous silent myocardial infarct.

I n the electrocardiogram of this 69-year-old man (Figure), the rhythm strip of lead II best demonstrates the cardiac rhythm. Th ere is sinus rhythm at a rate of 65 beats/min. Th e 1st, 5th, 9th, and 13th QRSs are capture complexes. Capture complexes are separated from one another by three wide (0.13s) QRSs that occur regularly at a rate of 86 beats/min; this is an accelerated (rate 60–110 beat...

Ductal adenocarcinoma of the prostate with endometrioid features in a 69-year-old man.

We describe a case of ductal adenocarcinoma of the prostate with endometrioid characteristics presenting as painless hematuria and intraurethral tumor. A 69-year-old man had intermittent painless hematuria for 2 months. The serum prostate-specific antigen concentration was elevated (22.0 ng/mL). An enlarged prostate with a necrotic tumor was noted in the right lobe of the prostate on computeriz...

Photo quiz: a 69-year-old man with aortic native valve endocarditis.