Clinical summary
A-72-year-old with a diagnosis of multiple myeloma, with an episode of prolonged fever without an improvement in his general situation after treatment with broad spectrum antibiotics and trimethoprim sulfamethoxazole.
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Clinical summary
A-52-year-old woman treated with immunotherapy after a diagnosis of melanoma. Four months after the first treatment, the patient started with petechiae and ecchymosis widely distributed along her skin.
Continue reading I know that the patient is bleeding, but why? Not always Yin or Yan
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A 73-year-old patient had a diagnosis of breast cancer with disseminated bone metastases. She went to the hospital because a general clinical deterioration. When she was going to be transferred to a bed from the ambulance she felt a strong pain in her left shoulder and a sound like a “click”.
Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, we observe now even the small details of a thoracic x-ray. We try to detect important signs that could be associated with the coronavirus infection. Although the respiratory insufficiency is common to different pulmonary diseases, the context can help to select a particular disease.
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A 47- year- old woman was receiving chemotherapy because of a stage III ovarian cancer. She went to the Emergency Room (ER) with a low fever (37º centigrades), nausea and pain in her abdomen. Continue reading Right lower quadrant pain and ovarian cancer. It is clear. Why should we make a differential diagnosis?
