Pregnant Woman With Rash

A Pregnant Woman with Factor V Deficiency

Preoperative Emboli in a Pregnant Woman with Myxoma

The left atrium is the most common location of myxomas, which are benign tumors. Only a few cases of myxomas in pregnancies have been reported. Our thorough medical literature search showed only 17 reported cases in the course of pregnancy. Myxomas during pregnancy and in the preterm period constitute a serious phenomenon that can mimic an early sign of a life-threatening pathology like severe ...

Chronic rash in a middle-aged woman.

Volume 85, Number 10 www.aafp.org/afp American Family Physician 987 A 53-year-old woman presented with a pruritic rash on the back of her left thigh that had persisted for six months. She had no new contacts and had not taken any new medications. The rash had partially responded to a moderate-potency topical steroid cream, but never fully resolved. She had a history of uncontrolled type 2 diabe...

Fever and Rash in a Young Woman

A 25-year-old woman presents with fever, rash, mild headache, and decreased appetite. About 1 week earlier, she had dysuria, urgency, and suprapubic pain. Trimethoprim/ sulfamethoxazole (TMP/SMX) was prescribed, and the urinary tract symptoms quickly resolved. However, 3 days later, fever developed and her temperature has been gradually rising since then. She denies cough, sputum, urinary sympt...

Beware the pregnant woman with breathlessness.

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