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Sclerosing mesenteritis (SM), an idiopathic nonneoplastic condition affecting 0.18% to 3.14% of the population, is characterized by chronic fat necrosis, inflammation, and fibrosis most commonly of the mesentery of the small intestine. Sclerosing mesenteritis typically presents in the fifth or sixth decade of life, where patients with a history of abdominal surgery and/or autoimmune disease may be at higher risk. While many patients are asymptomatic, clinical features and complications are related to the mass effect resulting from the inflammation and fibrosis involved in the pathogenesis of SM.
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This is the first article of a 3-part series about physician health. In this installment, we outline the unique characteristics of physicians as patients, challenges and opportunities presented by physician-patients, and recommendations for treating physicians. Future articles will delve into role clarity, occupational considerations, mental health, and interactions with third parties such as the physician’s employer or licensing board. Ultimately, this series will help treating clinicians provide the best care to their physician-patients and successfully navigate the unique challenges that may arise, especially when the diagnosis may have an impact on their ability to practice medicine.
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Mashup Score: 0Sebaceous Neoplasm With Defective DNA Mismatch Repair - 2 day(s) ago
A woman in her 70s presented with a cutaneous lesion composed of a mixture of basaloid cells and sebocytes arranged in lobules, most consistent with a sebaceous adenoma (Figure 1). Immunohistochemistry for mismatch repair genes showed loss of nuclear expression of MSH2 and MSH6 in the tumor cells. Representative images are depicted in Figure 2. Microsatellite instability testing showed instability in all of the 7 informative markers analyzed, indicative of defective DNA mismatch repair function within the tumor.
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In July 2023, the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services and a group of New Hampshire hospitals reached a settlement in a 5-year-long legal dispute over the practice of psychiatric boarding in hospital emergency departments. The hospitals successfully made the novel argument that boarding violates their rights, as well as those of patients. The case is a new and significant development in the legal battles among patients, advocates, hospitals, and states that have arisen as psychiatric boarding remains a pervasive challenge in American emergency departments.
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This is the first article of a 3-part series about physician health. In this installment, we outline the unique characteristics of physicians as patients, challenges and opportunities presented by physician-patients, and recommendations for treating physicians. Future articles will delve into role clarity, occupational considerations, mental health, and interactions with third parties such as the physician’s employer or licensing board. Ultimately, this series will help treating clinicians provide the best care to their physician-patients and successfully navigate the unique challenges that may arise, especially when the diagnosis may have an impact on their ability to practice medicine.
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Mashup Score: 0Acute and Complicated Inflammatory Pericarditis - 3 day(s) ago
Inflammatory disease of the pericardium represents a relatively common presentation, especially among the young. For the most part, inflammatory pericardial disease can be expeditiously and effectively managed without significant sequelae. However, some individuals present with severe and recurrent illness, representing significant therapeutic challenges. During the past decade, there have been great strides made in developing an evidence-based approach to management of inflammatory pericardial disease, the result of which has been the development of (1) a systematic, protocoled approach to initial care; (2) targeted therapeutics; and (3) specialized, collaborative, and integrated care pathways.
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Mashup Score: 0Focused Monitoring After Heart Failure Trials - 4 day(s) ago
Cardiovascular death and hospitalization for heart failure (HF) are prevailing end points in randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in patients who have HF with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF). The low incidence of cardiovascular death and hospitalization in recent RCTs contrasts with the 5-year mortality rate of 75.5% and readmission risk of 48.5% among hospitalized HFrEF patients, indicating enrollment of stable New York Heart Association (NYHA) class II-III patients.1,2 However, inclusive enrollment in RCTs may yield incomplete therapeutic information.
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Mashup Score: 050-Year-Old Man With Fevers, Cough, and Night Sweats - 5 day(s) ago
A 50-year-old man presented to the emergency department in August with a 1-month history of progressive nonproductive cough, daily fevers, and drenching night sweats. His medical comorbidities included rheumatoid arthritis. Medications at the time of presentation included adalimumab and occasional acetaminophen as needed. He reported social alcohol use and no tobacco or recreational drug use. He endorsed intermittent headaches, mild dyspnea on exertion, several episodes of feeling off balance, and mild difficulties with short-term memory.
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CME opportunity: Sclerosing mesenteritis typically presents in the fifth or sixth decade of life, when patients with a history of abdominal surgery and/or autoimmune disease may be at higher risk. https://t.co/v8YCIZHgby https://t.co/XZQ4roAxTj