Toddler’s Post-Viral Rash: What Is It?

Urticaria multiforme
A 3-year-old girl develops a pruritic, blanching rash with fever and acral edema following a recent upper respiratory infection. Explore the diagnosis.
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A Gassy Kidney Complication

Emphysematous pyelonephritis
Explore the case of a 51-year-old male with diabetes presenting with fever, leading to a life-threatening kidney infection. Learn key diagnostic clues.
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Headache, Syncope, & Muscle Gain?

Cysticercosis
A 23-year-old woman presents with headache, syncope, and unusual muscle hypertrophy. Explore the diagnostic journey of this puzzling parasitic infection.
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When an Ice Pack Reveals All

Myasthenia gravis
A 68-year-old man presents with unilateral ptosis. Discover how a simple bedside ice pack test can point towards a crucial neuromuscular junction disorder.
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A Painful Rash That Ignores Antibiotics

Cutaneous lupus
A 28-year-old woman presents with a painful vesicular lesion and erythematous rash unresponsive to antibiotics. Explore photosensitive rashes.
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Vomiting and a Mysterious Chest Mass

Paraesophageal hernia
An 81-year-old woman presents with a week of vomiting. Explore the diagnostic process when imaging reveals a large retrocardiac mass containing air and fluid.
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Walking Trouble & A Curious Gaze

Tabes dorsalis
A man presents with ataxia and urinary incontinence. His pupils don't react to light but constrict on accommodation. Explore this classic neurological case.
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Intermittent Fever, Unusual Smear

Plamodium vivax
An Eritrean man with a 3-year history of fevers and anemia presents with a strange finding on his blood smear. Can you identify the causative organism?
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Mysterious Rings on Sun-Exposed Skin

Actinic granuloma
A 50-year-old woman has asymptomatic, annular skin lesions on her forehead and hands. Explore this classic dermatological case of sun-related skin changes.
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An Abdominal Catastrophe

Acute mesenteric ischemia
A 60-year-old man presents with severe abdominal pain, hypotension, and acute kidney injury. Explore the differential diagnosis for this life-threatening condition.
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