Includes bibliographical references and index.

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Contributing Authors -- Faculty Reviewers -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- How to Contribute -- SECTION I GENERAL PRINCIPLES -- Chapter 1, Biochemistry -- Case 1: Alkaptonuria -- Case 2: Ataxia-Telangiectasia -- Case 3: Cyanide Poisoning -- Case 4: Down Syndrome -- Case 5: Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy -- Case 6: Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome -- Case 7: Familial Hypercholesterolemia -- Case 8: Fragile X Syndrome -- Case 9: Fructose Intolerance -- Case 10: Homocystinuria -- Case 11: Hurler Syndrome -- Case 12: Kartagener Syndrome -- Case 13: Lesch-Nyhan Syndrome -- Case 14: McArdle Disease -- Case 15: Phenylketonuria -- Case 16: Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Deficiency -- Case 17: Tay-Sachs Disease -- Case 18: Vitamin B1 Deficiency -- Case 19: Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome -- Chapter 2, Immunology -- Case 1: Contact Dermatitis -- Case 2: DiGeorge Syndrome -- Case 3: Guillain-Barre Syndrome -- Case 4: Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome -- Case 5: Immunoglobulin A Deficiency -- Case 6: Onchocerciasis -- Case 7: Osteomyelitis -- Case 8: Pneumocystis jiroveci Pneumonia -- Case 9: Primary Tuberculosis -- Case 10: Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infection -- Case 11: Schistosomiasis -- Case 12: Transplant Reaction -- Case 13: Toxic Shock Syndrome -- Chapter 3, Microbiology -- Case 1: Acanthamoeba Infection -- Case 2: Actinomyces Versus Nocardia -- Case 3: Anaphylaxis -- Case 4: Anthrax -- Case 5: Ascariasis -- Case 6: Aspergillosis -- Case 7: Botulism -- Case 8: Candidiasis -- Case 9: Chagas Disease -- Case 10: Cholera -- Case 11: Chronic Granulomatous Disease -- Case 12: Clostridium difficile Infection -- Case 13: Congenital Syphilis -- Case 14: Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease -- Case 15: Cryptococcal Meningitis -- Case 16: Cysticercosis -- Case 17: Cytomegalovirus Infection -- Case 18: Dengue Fever -- Case 19: Diphtheria -- Case 20: Elephantiasis -- Case 21: Giardiasis -- Case 22: Group B Streptococcus Infection in Infants -- Case 23: Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease -- Case 24: Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2 Infection -- Case 25: Hookworm Infection -- Case 26: Influenza Virus Infection -- Case 27: Kaposi Sarcoma -- Case 28: Legionnaires Disease -- Case 29: Leprosy -- Case 30: Listeria Meningitis -- Case 31: Liver Cysts: Echinococcus Infection -- Case 32: Lyme Disease -- Case 33: Malaria -- Case 34: Measles -- Case 35: Mononucleosis -- Case 36: Mucormycosis -- Case 37: Mumps -- Case 38: Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Septic Arthritis -- Case 39: Neisseria meningitidis Meningitis -- Case 40: Pinworm Infection -- Case 41: Rabies -- Case 42: Ringworm -- Case 43: Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever -- Case 44: Shingles -- Case 45: Strongyloidiasis -- Case 46: System Mycoses -- Case 47: Toxoplasmosis -- Case 48: Visceral Leishmaniasis -- Case 49: Yellow Fever -- Chapter 4, Pharmacology -- Case 1: Acetaminophen Overdose -- Case 2: Agranulocytosis Secondary to Drug Toxicity -- Case 3: Barbiturate Versus Benzodiazepine -- Case 4: ?-Adrenergic Second Messenger Systems -- Case 5: Drug-Induced Lupus and Liver Metabolism -- Case 6: Drug Development -- Case 7: Ethylene Glycol Poisoning -- Case 8: Lead Poisoning -- Case 9: Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitor -- Case 10: Neuromuscular Blocking Drugs -- Case 11: Organophosphates and Cholinergic Drugs -- Case 12: Pharmacodynamics -- Case 13: Pharmacokinetics -- Chapter 5, Public Health Sciences -- Case 1: Alcohol Withdrawal -- Case 2: Benzodiazepine Overdose -- Case 3: Delirium -- Case 4: Drug Toxidromes -- Case 5: Eating Disorders -- Case 6: Ethical Principles -- Case 7: Evaluation of Diagnostic Tests -- Case 8: Management of End-of-Life Care -- Case 9: Medicare -- Case 10: Milestones of Development -- Case 11: Narcolepsy -- Case 12: Operant Conditioning -- Case 13: Opioid Intoxication -- Case 14: Physician Confidentiality and Domestic Violence -- Case 15: Statistical Bias -- Chapter 6, Cardiovascular -- Case 1: Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm -- Case 2: Aortic Stenosis -- Case 3: Atherosclerosis/Acute Coronary Syndrome -- Case 4: Atrial Fibrillation -- Case 5: Atrial Myxoma -- Case 6: Atrioventricular Block -- Case 7: Cardiac Anatomy and Biomarkers -- Case 8: Coarctation of the Aorta -- Case 9: Congenital Rubella -- Case 10: Deep Venous Thrombosis -- Case 11: Dilated Cardiomyopathy -- Case 12: Endocarditis -- Case 13: Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (Wegener Granulomatosis) -- Case 14: Heart Failure -- Case 15: Hypertension -- Case 16: Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy -- Case 17: Kawasaki Disease -- Case 18: Mesenteric Ischemia -- Case 19: Mitral Valve Prolapse -- Case 20: Myocardial Infarction -- Case 21: Patent Ductus Arteriosus -- Case 22: Pericarditis -- Case 23: Polyarteritis Nodosa -- Case 24: Rheumatic Heart Disease -- Case 25: Temporal Arteritis -- Case 26: Tetralogy of Fallot -- Case 27: Truncus Arteriosus -- Case 28: Unstable Angina -- Case 29: Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome -- Chapter 7, Endocrine -- Case 1: Adrenal Insufficiency -- Case 2: Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasias -- Case 3: Cushing Syndrome and Glucocorticoid Excess -- Case 4: Graves Disease -- Case 5: Growth Hormone Excess, Gigantism, and Acromegaly -- Case 6: Hyperparathyroidism -- Case 7: Hypothyroidism -- Case 8: Metabolic Syndrome -- Case 9: Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia -- Case 10: Primary Hyperaldosteronism -- Case 11: Pseudohypoparathyroidism -- Case 12: Pheochromocytoma -- Case 13: Sheehan Syndrome -- Case 14: Syndrome of Inappropriate Antidiuretic Hormone -- Case 15: Thyroglossal Duct Cyst -- Case 16: Thyroid Cancer -- Case 17: Toxic Multinodular Goiter -- Case 18: Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus and Diabetic Ketoacidosis -- Case 19: Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.

Case 20: Thyroidectomy -- Chapter 8, Gastrointestinal -- Case 1: Achalasia -- Case 2: Acute Pancreatitis -- Case 3: Alcoholic Cirrhosis of the Liver -- Case 4: Appendicitis -- Case 5: Cholangitis -- Case 6: Crigler-Najjar Syndrome and Hereditary Hyperbilirubinemias -- Case 7: Diverticulitis -- Case 8: Esophageal Atresia with Tracheoesophageal Fistula -- Case 9: Gallstones (Cholelithiasis) -- Case 10: Gastric Carcinoma -- Case 11: Gastrinoma -- Case 12: Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease and Barrett Esophagus -- Case 13: Hemochromatosis -- Case 14: Hepatitis B Virus Infection -- Case 15: Hepatitis C Virus Infection -- Case 16: Hepatocellular Carcinoma -- Case 17: Hyperbilirubinemia -- Case 18: Inflammatory Bowel Diseases -- Case 19: Intussusception and Meckel Diverticulum -- Case 20: Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding/Diverticulosis -- Case 21: Primary Biliary Cirrhosis -- Case 22: Primary Hepatocellular Carcinoma -- Case 23: Pseudomembranous Colitis and Clostridium difficile Infection -- Case 24: Pyloric Stenosis -- Case 25: Reye Syndrome -- Case 26: Short Bowel Syndrome -- Case 27: Upper Gastrointestinal Bleed -- Case 28: Vitamin B12 Deficiency -- Case 29: Vitamin B3 Deficiency -- Case 30: Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome -- Chapter 9, Hematology and Oncology -- Case 1: Acute Intermittent Porphyria -- Case 2: Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia -- Case 3: Acute Myelogenous Leukemia -- Case 4: Anatomy of Spleen -- Case 5: Anemias: Aplastic Anemia -- Case 6: Anemias: Iron Deficiency Anemia -- Case 7: Anemias: Macrocytic Anemia -- Case 8: Anemias: Sickle Cell Anemia -- Case 9: Anemias: Warm Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia -- Case 10: Breast Cancer -- Case 11: Burkitt Lymphoma and Tumor Lysis Syndrome -- Case 12: Carcinoid Syndrome -- Case 13: Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia -- Case 14: Colorectal Cancer -- Case 15: Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation -- Case 16: Gastric Cancer -- Case 17: Glucose-6-Phospate Dehydrogenase Deficiency -- Case 18: Head and Neck Squamous Cell Tumor -- Case 19: Hereditary Hemochromatosis -- Case 20: Hodgkin Lymphoma -- Case 21: Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura -- Case 22: Hereditary Spherocytosis -- Case 23: Lead Poisoning -- Case 24: Lung Cancer -- Case 25: Multiple Myeloma -- Case 26: Neuroblastoma -- Case 27: Oligodendroglioma -- Case 28: Ovarian Cancer -- Case 29: Pancreatic Cancer -- Case 30: Platelet and Coagulation Disorders and Hemophilia -- Case 31: Polycythemia Vera -- Case 32: Retinoblastoma -- Case 33: Small Cell Lung Cancer -- Case 34: Teratoma -- Case 35: Testicular Cancer -- Case 36: Thalassemias -- Case 37: Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura and Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome -- Case 38: Von Willebrand Disease -- Chapter 10, Musculoskeletal, Skin, and Connective Tissue -- Case 1: Abdominal and Peritoneum Anatomy -- Case 2: Anatomy of Thorax -- Case 3: Costochondritis -- Case 4: Ewing Sarcoma -- Case 5: Gout -- Case 6: Hip Fracture -- Case 7: Inguinal Hernias -- Case 8: Klumpke Palsy -- Case 9: Knee Anatomy -- Case 10: Melanoma -- Case 11: Muscular Dystrophies -- Case 12: Osteoarthritis -- Case 13: Neurofibromatosis -- Case 14: Osteogenesis Imperfecta -- Case 15: Osteoporosis -- Case 16: Rheumatoid Arthritis -- Case 17: Rotator Cuff Tear -- Case 18: Squamous Cell Carcinoma -- Case 19: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus -- Case 20: Systemic Sclerosis -- Chapter 11, Neurology and Special Senses -- Case 1: Alzheimer Disease -- Case 2: Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis -- Case 3: Acute Otitis Media -- Case 4: Brown-Séquard Syndrome -- Case 5: Central Cord Syndrome -- Case 6: Corneal Abrasion and Eye Injury -- Case 7: Craniopharyngioma -- Case 8: Femoral Neuropathy -- Case 9: Glioblastoma Multiforme -- Case 10: Guillain-Barré Syndrome -- Case 11: Hearing Loss -- Case 12: Homonymous Hemianopia and Visual Field Defects -- Case 13: Horner Syndrome -- Case 14: Huntington Disease -- Case 15: Hydrocephalus -- Case 16: Macular Degeneration -- Case 17: Medulloblastoma -- Case 18: Meningioma -- Case 19: Metastatic Brain Tumor -- Case 20: Migraine Headache -- Case 21: Multiple Sclerosis -- Case 22: Myasthenia Gravis -- Case 23: Neurofibromatosis Type 1 -- Case 24: Neurofibromatosis Type 2 and Hearing Loss -- Case 25: Open-Angle Glaucoma -- Case 26: Parkinson Disease -- Case 27: Pituitary Adenoma -- Case 28: Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve Injury -- Case 29: Seizure -- Case 30: Spinal Cord Compression due to Metastatic Cancer -- Case 31: Stroke -- Case 32: Sturge-Weber Syndrome -- Case 33: Subarachnoid Hemorrhage -- Case 34: Subdural Hematoma -- Case 35: Transient Ischemic Attack -- Case 36: Syncope -- Case 37: Tuberous Sclerosis -- Case 38: Ulnar Neuropathy -- Case 39: Vascular Dementia -- Case 40: Viral Meningitis -- Case 41: Von Hippel-Lindau Disease -- Case 42: Wernicke Encephalopathy and Vitamin B1 Deficiency -- Chapter 12, Psychiatry -- Case 1: Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder -- Case 2: Bipolar Disorder -- Case 3: Generalized Anxiety Disorder -- Case 4: Major Depressive Disorder -- Case 5: Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder -- Case 6: Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder -- Case 7: Panic Disorder -- Case 8: Post-traumatic Stress Disorder -- Case 9: Schizophreniform Disorder -- Case 10: Somatic Symptom Disorder -- Case 12: Tardive Dyskinesia.

Case 13: Tourette Syndrome -- Chapter 13, Renal -- Case 1: Acute Interstitial Nephritis -- Case 2: Acute Pyelonephritis -- Case 3: Acute Tubular Necrosis -- Case 4: Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease -- Case 5: Fanconi Syndrome -- Case 6: Goodpasture Syndrome -- Case 7: Henoch-Schönlein Purpura -- Case 8: Hereditary Nephritis (Alport Syndrome) -- Case 9: Hypercalcemia -- Case 10: Hypokalemia -- Case 11: Hyponatremia -- Case 12: Hyponatremia -- Case 13: Hypophosphatemic Rickets -- Case 14: Metabolic Acidosis with Respiratory Alkalosis -- Case 15: Metabolic Alkalosis -- Case 16: Nephrolithiasis -- Case 17: Nephrotic Syndrome: Focal Segmental Glomeruloscleritis -- Case 18: Nephrotic Syndrome: Minimal Change Disease -- Case 19: Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis -- Case 20: Renal Artery Stenosis -- Case 21:Transplant Immunology -- Case 22: Vesicoureteral Reflux -- Chapter 14, Reproductive -- Case 1: Abruptio Placentae -- Case 2: Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome -- Case 3: Bacterial Vaginosis -- Case 4: Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia -- Case 5: Breast Mass -- Case 6: Ectopic Pregnancy -- Case 7: Endometriosis -- Case 8: Erectile Dysfunction -- Case 9: Gestational Diabetes Mellitus -- Case 10: Hydatidiform Mole -- Case 11: Klinefelter Syndrome -- Case 12: Leiomyoma -- Case 13: Menopause -- Case 14: Ovarian Cancer -- Case 15: Paget Disease of the Breast -- Case 16: Pelvic Inflammatory Disease -- Case 17: Preeclampsia -- Case 18: Testicular Torsion -- Case 19: Turner Syndrome -- Chapter 15, Respiratory -- Case 1: Acute Epiglottitis -- Case 2: Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome -- Case 3: Anatomy of Lung -- Case 4: Asthma Exacerbation -- Case 5: Bronchiectasis -- Case 6: Carbon Monoxide Poisoning -- Case 7: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease -- Case 8: Cystic Fibrosis -- Case 9: Emphysema -- Case 10: Neonatal Respiratory Distress Syndrome -- Case 11: Pleural Effusion -- Case 12: Pneumoconioses -- Case 13: Pneumonia: Community-Acquired Pneumonia -- Case 14: Pneumonia: Mycoplasma pneumoniae Infection -- Case 15: Pneumothorax -- Case 16: Respiratory Acidosis -- Case 17: Sarcoidosis -- Case 18: Small Cell Lung Cancer -- Case 19: Venous Thromboembolism -- Appendix: Case Index -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z -- About the Editors.

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