Images in vascular medicine

Images in Reproductive Medicine

Natalie Z. Burger, M.D., Y. Elizabeth Hung, M.D., M.P.H., Alexandra N. Kalof, M.D., and Peter R. Casson, M.D. a Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont; b Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, New York; and c Department of Pathology, University of Ve...

Images in vascular medicine: aortic intramural hematoma with dissection in aortic medial degeneration.

Images in Emergency Medicine: Dermatomyositis

A 41-year-old Guatemalan woman with a history of remote uterine cancer presented to an urban community Emergency Department complaining of a pruritic, initially painful rash on her chest, eyelids, thighs, and elbows for three weeks. She also stated she had weakness in her thighs and shoulders with difficulty standing. She denied any new exposures (ex. foods, clothes, soaps, fragrances, medicine...

Images in Emergency Medicine: Sporotrichosis

Images in clinical medicine: Tophi

Tophi (plural of tophus, Latin for "stone") are stone-like deposits of monosodium urate in the soft tissues, synovial tissues, or in bones near the joints. They are pathognomonic for gout, the most common inflammatory arthritis in the United States, with an estimated lifetime prevalence of 4%. It is usually the end result of loss of the balance between uric acid production and excretion. It can...