Man with rash on left hand

A young man with paresthesiae in the left hand.

A 16-year-old male patient complains of paresthesiae and numbness of the fifth finger of the left hand. Nerve conduction study was carried out in both upper limbs. Please study Figures 1 & 2. Notice: Authors are encouraged to submit quizzes for possible publication in the Journal. These may be in any field of Clinical Neurosciences, and should approximately follow the format used here. Please a...

A 33-Year-Old Man with a Facial Rash

121 A 33-y-old man presented to his primary care practitioner with a rash beginning around the left ear and spreading into the periorbital region. He was known to have eczema (atopic dermatitis), and the diagnosis of secondary bacterial infection and periorbital cellulitis was made. Because of a history of penicillin allergy, the patient was started on erythromycin. This treatment had no effect...

A 19-year-old man presenting with rash on his trunk, hands, and feet. Syphilis.

The Clinical Case of the Month is a regular educational feature presented by the Louisiana State University Department of Medicine. Medical students, residents, postdoctoral fellows, and faculty collaborate in the preparation of these discussions. After reading this article, physicians should be better able to understand the pathophysiology, prognosis, clinical presentation, and treatment of sy...

On the left hand of time.

The present experiment examined the effects of sex and handedness on the perception of brief intervals up to 20 s in duration. In order to obtain participants with sufficiently high scores on a scale of handedness, we screened 1,276 people; the process yielded 16 men and 16 women eligible for testing. In an empty production procedure, each person estimated 4 intervals of 1, 3, 7, and 20 s, resp...

The Indirect Hand of Man