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Morteza Khodaee, MD, MPH

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Anteroposterior x-ray view of the wrist on Day 4 after injury

20-year-old male college basketball prospect • wrist pain after falling on wrist • normal ROM • pain with active/passive wrist extension • Dx?

Author:
Cole Bortz, BA
Morteza Khodaee, MD, MPH

► Right wrist pain 4 days after falling on wrist while playing basketball
► Normal range of motion of wrist and hand
► Pain with active...

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Weakness with left elbow flexion • left anterior shoulder pain • Dx?

Author:
James Keeling, MD
Morteza Khodaee, MD, MPH

► Weakness with left elbow flexion
► Left anterior shoulder pain

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A lump on the hip

Author:
Morteza Khodaee, MD, MPH
Seth Mathern, MD
Wendy S. Madigosky, MD, MSPH
Jonathan T. Bravman, MD

The patient had fallen on his hip while playing basketball about 2 weeks earlier.

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A look at the burden of opioid management in primary care

Author:
Morteza Khodaee, MD, MPH
Brandy Deffenbacher, MD

This pilot study identified practice variables that can increase the time and resources needed to manage opioids. The authors suggest possible...

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Mildly pruritic palmar rash

Author:
Amanda Gawin, MD
Corey Lyon, DO
Morteza Khodaee, MD, MPH

After taking azithromycin and prednisone for lower respiratory symptoms, this patient developed a rash. The way it spread provided a diagnostic...

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Knee pain • no popping • no previous trauma • Dx?

Author:
Morteza Khodaee, MD, MPH
Luke R. Miller, MD
Michelle Wolcott, MD

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What’s the best test for underlying osteomyelitis in patients with diabetic foot ulcers?

Author:
Morteza Khodaee, MD, MPH
Daniel Lombardo, MD
Linda C. Montgomery, MD
Corey Lyon, DO

EVIDENCE-BASED ANSWER: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has a higher sensitivity and specificity (90% and 79%) than plain radiography (54% and 68...

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Bilateral hand cramping and weakness • broad fingers • coarse facial features • Dx?

Author:
Morteza Khodaee, MD, MPH
Stephanie Gold, MD
Linda C. Montgomery, MD

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4 pregnant women with an unusual finding at delivery

Author:
Alexandra R. Johnson, MD
Annamarie Meeuwsen, MD
Morteza Khodaee, MD, MPH
Mark Deutchman, MD
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Painless cutaneous nodules

Author:
Morteza Khodaee, MD, MPH

The lesions on the patient’s body were getting caught on his clothes. He said that his mother and several of his siblings had similar “lumps.”

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What is the best way to treat Morton’s neuroma?

Author:
Kent Schreiber, MD
Morteza Khodaee, MD, MPH
Sourav Poddar, MD
Elizabeth M. Tweed, MLIS

EVIDENCE-BASED ANSWER: NO SINGLE TREATMENT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED in the literature. That said, a protocol of stepped care that showed good results...

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How useful are genital exams during boys’ sports physicals?

Author:
Morteza Khodaee, MD, MPH
Jeffrey A. Housner, MD
Elizabeth M. Tweed, MLIS, AHIP

EVIDENCE-BASED ANSWER: EXAMINATION MAY BE USEFUL to identify hernia but not testicular cancer. Insufficient evidence exists to recommend for or...

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