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Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms in Men – A Review

Importance  Up to 40% of men older than 50 years have lower urinary tract symptoms, including urinary urgency, nocturia, and weak urinary stream, due to disorders of the bladder and prostate. These symptoms negatively affect quality of life and may be…

Delaying Progression of Chronic Kidney Disease

This JAMA Clinical Guidelines Synopsis summarizes the 2024 Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) recommendations for management and delaying progression of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in adults.

Hypertrophic Red-Brown Plaques

A man in his 60s presented with red-brown, ovoid, smooth hypertrophic plaques on his abdomen and confluent sclerosis on his hands. The patient had a prior diagnosis of systemic sclerosis and denied preceding trauma. What is your diagnosis?

Lupus Vulgaris

This case report describes a woman in her 60s who presented with progressive facial lesions over 10 years that initially appeared as swelling on her right cheek with erythematous, brown papules, gradually merging into asymptomatic plaques.

Painful Oral Ulcer in the Buccal Mucosa of a Healthy Adult

A healthy 69-year-old man presented with a painful, progressively enlarging ulcer located on the left buccal mucosa that was 3???2 cm, grayish-yellow and shallow in nature and had smooth, well-demarcated borders covered by a fibrinopurulent membrane. What is your diagnosis?

Corneal Clouding in a 74-Year-Old Man

A man aged 74 years presented with painless blurry vision in the right eye. Examination revealed a granular white opacity and prominent blood vessels in the corneal stroma, with no epithelial defect and no further findings on anterior or posterior…

String of Pearls of the Eyelid in a Child Aged 9 Years

This case report describes a diagnosis of lipoid proteinosis in a child aged 9 years who presented with atrophic facial scars and beaded papules along the eyelid margins bilaterally.