ABMS Lifelong Learning CME Activity

Substance Use Disorder in Pregnancy, Part 1

In the US, drug and opioid overdose deaths have nearly quadrupled over the last decade. Synthetic opioid-related deaths increased 850% in women. Nearly 85% of pregnancies in women with substance use disorder (SUD) are unintended. During pregnancy, chronic untreated substance…

Transient Monocular Blindness in a Man in His 30s

This case report discusses a diagnosis of giant ascending aortic aneurysm in a patient who presented with transient monocular blindness and no cardiovascular symptoms.

An Atypical Optic Nerve Head Mass

A 47-year-old man presented with a sudden decrease in vision in the right eye and a history of binocular diplopia, bilateral cranial nerve 6 palsies, and an undifferentiated pontine mass. Examination revealed a large optic nerve head mass with optic…

Older Woman With Proptosis, Ptosis, and Blurred Vision

A woman in her early 70s with a history of coronary artery disease, hypertension, and colon polyps presented to oculoplastic surgery with 1 week of progressive right-sided proptosis, headache, right eyelid ptosis, and blurry vision. Outside magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated…

Mal de Meleda

This case report describes diffuse waxy palmoplantar hyperkeratosis in a symmetrically well-demarcated “gloves and socks” distribution with nail dystrophy.

Possible Digoxin-Related Toxic Effects in a Patient

This case report describes a patient in their 70s with hypertension and heart failure presenting to the emergency department with chest discomfort, nausea, anorexia, and weakness.

Favre-Racouchot Syndrome

This case report describes multiple solitary open black comedones located bilaterally on the malar cheeks and temples as well as yellowish, smooth-surfaced papulonodular lesions in close association with the comedones.

Management of Candida

This JAMA Insights Clinical Update discusses the diagnosis, treatment, prognosis, and infection-prevention measures for Candida auris.