Wednesday, July 30, 2014

CPS CASE 90. Anatomy of a Diagnosis

The differential diagnosis of hemoptysis is effectively addressed from an anatomical point of view.

喀血の鑑別診断は、解剖学的視点から取り組むのが効果的だ。

Tuesday, July 29, 2014

CPS CASE 89. A Wrinkle in Time

Although urinary tract infections often have an atypical presentation in the elderly, I would be concerned about attributing this patient's symptoms to a urinary tract infection in the absence of dysuria, frequency, and pyuria.

尿路感染症は高齢者ではしばしば非典型的な症状を呈するが、排尿障害や頻尿、膿尿がないのにこの患者の症状を尿路感染症のせいにしているのは気がかりだ。

Monday, July 28, 2014

CPS CASE 88. A Gut Feeling

The main issue is involuntary weight loss, and the amount should be verified.

一番の問題は意図的でない体重減少であり、その程度をきちんと確認すべきである。

Sunday, July 27, 2014

CPS CASE 87. Easy to See but Hard to Find

This patient has several problems, all apparently new: hypercalcemia, anemia, renal failure, and orthostatic hypotension.

この患者には次のようないくつかの問題があるが、すべてが一見したところ新しいもののようだ:高カルシウム血症、貧血、腎不全、起立性低血圧。

Saturday, July 26, 2014

CPS CASE 86. The Unusual Suspect

Pleuritic chest pain reflects inflammation, irritation, or stretching of sensory-nerve fibers in the parietal pleura.

胸膜炎性の胸痛があるのは、壁側胸膜の感覚神経線維に炎症か刺激、あるいは伸展が加えられているということである。

Friday, July 25, 2014

CPS CASE 85. Out of Africa

This patient clearly has substantial reason for a reactive depression, in the context of which he may have had a brief psychotic episode.

この患者では反応性うつになるだけの十分な理由が明らかであり、そのうつ状態の中で短い一過性の精神状態を呈したのかもしれない。

Thursday, July 24, 2014

CPS CASE 84. Diagnosis Still in Question

Many diagnoses might explain these symptoms.

このような症状にはいろいろな診断が考えられる。

Wednesday, July 23, 2014

CPS CASE 83. One Foot Away

Hematuria is common and would ordinarily suggest the presence of acute cystitis.

血尿はよくみられ、通常は急性膀胱炎が疑われる症状である。

Tuesday, July 22, 2014

CPS CASE 82. Where Are You From?

The combination of fever, HIV infection, and the patient's country of origin evokes a broad range of differential diagnoses.

発熱とHIV感染、それに出身国の組み合わせから幅広い鑑別診断が思い浮かぶ。


Monday, July 21, 2014

CPS CASE 81. More Than Your Average Wheeze

If the patient does have asthma, the presence of dyspnea suggests that it is not well controlled.

もし本当に喘息なら、呼吸困難が現れるのはコントロールがよくないということだ。


Sunday, July 20, 2014

CPS CASE 80. The Effusion That Would Not Go Away

Possible causes of pleural effusion are infection, neoplasm, congestive heart failure, and many other disorders.

胸水の原因には、感染症、新生物、うっ血性心不全、その他多くの疾患が考えられる。


Saturday, July 19, 2014

CPS CASE 79. Of Nicks and Time

The differential diagnosis includes acute coronary insufficiency leading to a tachyarrhythmia or brady-arrhythmia, low cardiac output as a result of profound myocardial ischemia, or an acute tachyarrhythmia caused by the effects of cocaine.

鑑別診断としては、急性冠動脈不全から頻脈性ないし徐脈性不整脈を生じたか、重い心筋虚血の結果心拍出量が低下したか、あるいはコカインの影響で急性に頻脈性不整脈を生じたことなどが考えられる。

Friday, July 18, 2014

CPS CASE 78. Less is More

There is a long list of potential causes of unintentional weight loss.

意図的でない体重減少の原因となりうるものは数多い。

Thursday, July 17, 2014

CPS CASE 77. High Time for Action

The abnormal results of the coagulation tests could be due to an inappropriate method of blood collection or to laboratory error.

凝固検査の異常は、採血が不適切だったり、検査室のミスによるのかもしれない。

Wednesday, July 16, 2014

CPS CASE 76. A Pain in the Back

In an 80-year-old with back pain, I would worry about osteoporosis, either primary or secondary.

80歳の背部痛というと、原発性であれ二次性であれ、骨粗鬆症が気になる。

Tuesday, July 15, 2014

CPS CASE 75. QT or Not QT?

Extrasystoles are common in otherwise healthy young patients.

期外収縮は、それ以外に問題のない健康な若者にもよくみられる。

Monday, July 14, 2014

CPS CASE 74. Eyes Wide Open

Altered consciousness associated with incontinence and transient confusion is most suggestive of a seizure.

失禁と一過性の錯乱を伴う意識変容で最も疑わしいのは痙攣だ。

Sunday, July 13, 2014

CPS CASE 73. Letting the Patient off the Hook

At first glance, the mild fever and cough, given their short duration, might be thought to be due to an upper respiratory tract infection.

ぱっと見、微熱と咳が、短期間の持続なら、上気道炎によると思われるかもしれない。

Saturday, July 12, 2014

CPS CASE 72. Impatient Inpatient Care

In a retired painter, one thinks of lead intoxication or chronic alcoholism.

引退した画家と言えば、鉛中毒か慢性アルコール症がよぎる。

Friday, July 11, 2014

CPS CASE 71. Heart or Head?

There is a high likelihood of coronary artery disease, and cardiac catheterization is a reasonable next step.

冠動脈疾患は大いにありそうだ、心カテが次のステップとして理に適っている。

Thursday, July 10, 2014

CPS CASE 70. Chest Pain with a Surprising Course

The patient may have had a myocardial infarction. その患者は心筋梗塞をやっていたのかもしれない。

Wednesday, July 9, 2014

CPS CASE 69. Back to the Basics

I need to know more about the character of the abdominal pain.

腹痛の性状について詳しく知る必要がある。

Tuesday, July 8, 2014

CPS CASE 68. A Little Math Helps the Medicine Go Down

Despite the long list of causes of fever and fatigue, I would be most worried about occupationally related illnesses, such as primary human immunodeficiency virus and hepatitis in its prodromal phase.

発熱と倦怠感の鑑別診断は多いものの、私が最も懸念するのは、職業関連疾患、例えば、HIV感染、肝炎の前駆期などである。

【参照】LCR CASE 51.

Monday, July 7, 2014

CPS CASE 67. The Importance of a Name

The triad of polydipsia, polyuria, and polyphagia with weight loss is a classic presentation of diabetes mellitus.

多飲、多尿、多食なのに体重減少の三徴は古典的糖尿病の発病様式である。

Sunday, July 6, 2014

CPS CASE 66. A Balancing Act

Diagnoses of hepatic encephalopathy and alcohol intoxication immediately come to mind.

肝性脳症とアルコール中毒の診断が、ぱっと思い浮かんだ。

Saturday, July 5, 2014

CPS CASE 65. Jumping to the Wrong Conclusion

The patient appears to have multifocal neurologic symptoms together with a constitutional syndrome of anorexia and weight loss.

患者は食欲不振、体重減少の全身症状とともに多源性の神経学的徴候を有するように思える。

Friday, July 4, 2014

CPS CASE 64. A Leading Question

Common causes of severe tenderness of the right upper quadrant and epigastric region are gallbladder disease and gastric disorders.

右季肋部及び心窩部の強い圧痛のよくある原因は胆嚢疾患と胃の病気である。

Thursday, July 3, 2014

CPS CASE 63. Through Thick and Thin

This history is suggestive of myocardial ischemia.

この病歴は心筋虚血を思わせる。

Wednesday, July 2, 2014

CPS CASE 62. A Square Peg in a Round Hole

This sounds like a case of diabetes mellitus, but there are atypical features.

糖尿病の症例のように思うが、非典型的なところがある。

Tuesday, July 1, 2014

CPS CASE 61. A Hidden Agenda

This young man had an acute change in his usual state of health, characterized by high fever.

この青年は普段の健康状態の急な変化に見舞われ、特徴的なのは高熱である。