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A 52-Year-Old Man with a Chronic Nasal Wound
Samuel G Ruchman1, Beret Fitzgerald1, Gavriel Roda1
1from the Internal Medicine and Internal Medicine-Pediatrics Residency Programs and Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Colorado School of Medicine.
Abstract:
AbstractMorning Report is a time-honored tradition where physicians-in-training present cases to their colleagues and clinical experts to collaboratively examine an interesting patient presentation. The Morning Report section seeks to carry on this tradition by presenting a patient's chief concern and story, inviting the reader to develop a differential diagnosis and discover the diagnosis alongside the authors of the case. This report examines the story of a 52-year-old man who sought evaluation for a chronic nasal lesion that had eroded into his nasal septum. Using questions, physical examination, and testing, an illness script for the presentation emerges. As the clinical course progresses, the differential is refined until a diagnosis is made.
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