Axillary and palmar hyperhidroses are relatively common disorders that together affect approximately 0.5% to 1% of the population, with possibly higher percentages in those of Asian descent. Hyperhidrosis is an idiopathic overactivation of sweat glands that results in secretion of…
Clinical Vignette A 53-year-old man had a history of occasional severe episodes of low back pain radiating down his buttock and posterior left thigh; it had begun with an athletic injury at age 17. Typically he experienced exacerbations, which lasted…
Clinical Vignette A 42-year-old woman presented with a 2-week history of increasingly severe neck pain with radiation to the back of her right upper arm. In retrospect she had developed acute right medial scapular pain 4 weeks earlier after carrying…
Clinical Vignette After a day of skiing, six teenagers packed into a small hatchback on their way home. Conditions were icy, and the driver lost control of the vehicle near the base of the mountain, rear-ending another vehicle at approximately…