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A 48-year-old man presented to the clinic for evaluation of dysphagia and limited neck movements (flexion and rotation of the head). The patient was found to have Madelung’s disease, also known as benign symmetric lipomatosis or the Launois–Bensaude syndrome. Madelung’s disease is a rare condition..

A 77-year-old man presented to the ophthalmology clinic reporting three episodes of blurred vision in his right eye, each lasting approximately 5 minutes, during the past hour. He had been taking statins for hypercholesterolemia for the past 5 years, and his ocular history was unremarkable. On..

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Epidermoid cysts are benign slow growing extra-axial tumours that insinuate between brain structures, while their occurrences in intra-axial or intradiploic locations are exceptionally rare. We present the clinical, imaging, and pathological findings in two patients with atypical epidermoid cysts. CT and MRI findings for the first case revealed an intraparenchymal epidermoid cyst that demonstrated no restricted diffusion. The second case demonstrated an aggressive epidermoid cyst that invaded into the intradiploic spaces, transverse sinus, and the calvarium...

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A 58-year-old woman presented to an outpatient clinic with painless swellings around several joints and drenching night sweats. She had been treated with high doses of glucocorticoids for more than 20 years for dermatomyositis and the pulmonary fibrosis associated with it. On examination, she was..

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A 55-year-old man presented with a 3-year history of visual impairment associated with personality changes. His sister had died after an intracerebral aneurysmal rupture. An examination revealed poor visual acuity in the right eye with a field defect, as well as impaired neurocognition. Computed..

A 13-year-old girl with a history of abdominal discomfort was admitted with an acute onset of bilious vomiting. During the preceding weeks, the patient had reported having constipation, nausea, vomiting, and abdominal and back pain of increasing intensity. The patient’s vital signs were within..

A 49-year-old man who had recently emigrated from Myanmar presented with a 6-month history of rusty brown sputum with hemoptysis. A tuberculin skin test was positive, but sputum smears were negative for acid-fast bacilli, ova, and parasites. A chest radiograph (see Fig. S1 and S2 in the..

A 56-year-old woman with a 6-year history of stage II cancer of the left breast presented with progressive shortness of breath and fatigue. Physical examination revealed hypotension, tachycardia, jugular venous distention, pulsus paradoxus, and distant heart sounds; the blood pressure was 63/44 mm..