Morteza Khodaee, MD, MPH

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Painful, swollen elbow

Author:: Morteza Khodaee, MD, MPH; Stephen Spadafore, MD; Jack Spittler, MD, MS

Was a recent procedure responsible for this patient’s pain?

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Acute bilateral hand edema and vesiculation

Author:: Lindsey Kolar, MD; Morteza Khodaee, MD, MPH

Environmental history exposed the diagnosis.

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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...