A 50 Year-Old Homeless Man With Symptomatic Palpitations

A 50 Year Old Man with Fever and Abdominal Pain

The patient is a 50-year-old man who has been diagnosed with abdominal pain, fever, shivering and constipation with nausea and vomiting with a possible diagnosis of typhoid. Computed tomography (CT) of the abdomen and pelvis was performed by injection of contrast agent for the patient. What is your diagnosis?

Palpitations in a 64-year-old man.

A 64-year-old man presented with several weeks of intermittent irregular palpitations. He had no prior history of cardiac disease, hypertension or syncope. A 12-lead ECG revealed sinus rhythm with premature atrial and ventricular contractions and high QRS voltages consistent with LV-hypertrophy. Cardiac MR revealed asymmetrical septal hypertrophy and marked mid-myocardial hyperenhancement of th...

A 40-Year-Old Man with Rashes and Palpitations.

A 40-year-old Singaporean Indian man with no signifi cant past medical history presented with worsening non-pruritic rashes primarily involving his limbs over a 6-month period. He also reported a near fainting episode associated with recurrent palpitations over the past few weeks. Clinical examination revealed the presence of multiple waxy yellowish-brown dermal papules and plaques over his lim...

Self-assessment corner Palpitations in a 43-year-old man

A 50-year-old man with a submental mass.

A 50-year-old man with a history of submental mass since childhood presented with increased swelling of the mass and discomfort with swallowing. Ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration and histological biopsy were non-diagnostic. Computed tomography (CT) of the neck was performed. Noncontrast CT demonstrated soft tissue swelling in the submental region and a unilocular cystic mass with smooth ...