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A patient with known adenocarcinoma of the lower third of the esophagus was admitted with ataxia and double vision. Work-up revealed new brain hemorrhage and brain metastases as the cause of the pa...
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A patient with known left breast cancer metastatic to the brain presented to the emergency department with altered mental status (AMS). Diagnostic imaging revealed stable metastatic brain cancer wi...
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A patient who is status post right above-the-knee amputation and placement of an osteointegrated implant, returns for corrective surgery. A medial thigh lift was performed due to soft tissue envelo...
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A 38-year-old patient was admitted due to prolapsed and nonhealing necrotic neovaginal skin graft, six days status post gender reassignment surgery, involving penile inversion vaginoplasty. What is...
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A patient was admitted with recurrent malignant pleural effusion, and thoracentesis with placement of a PleurX™ catheter was performed. Pleural fluid cytology was positive for cancer cells. The p...
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The patient has been diagnosed with myasthenia gravis and also with dialysis dependent end stage renal disease secondary to type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM). When following the Index to Diseases und...
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The patient is a 49-year-old who presented for heart transplantation surgery because of end stage heart failure due to peripartum cardiomyopathy which developed four years postpartum. The Offic...
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A 43-year-old female was transferred to our facility for treatment of end-stage ischemic cardiomyopathy due to peripartum spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) that occurred more than ten y...
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A 57-year-old female presented for follow-up of several left shoulder issues, including shoulder impingement. When referencing “Impingement, joint” in the Alphabetic Index, there is an instruct...
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A patient was admitted with a gunshot wound and active chest hemorrhage. An emergency left anterior thoracotomy was performed. The aorta was isolated and clamped with an aortic cross-clamp. The rig...
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