Thursday, October 30, 2014

CPS CASE 180. Lying Low

The patient notes two types of spells, one marked by confusion, dizziness, and anxiety, and the other involving transient diplopia.

患者は2つのタイプの発作に気づいている。1つは、混乱、めまい、不安の発作で、もう一つは、一過性の複視である。

Wednesday, October 29, 2014

CPS CASE 179. Avoiding a Rash Diagnosis

The differential diagnosis for delirium in an elderly patient is broad.

高齢者の譫妄の鑑別診断は多い。

Tuesday, October 28, 2014

CPS CASE 178. A Crazy Cause of Dyspnea

In a healthy young adult presenting with acute fever and otitis media, it is most likely that the observed pulmonary opacities are infectious in origin.

発熱と中耳炎を呈する健康な若年成人においては、観察された肺陰影は感染性の起源がもっとありそうである。

Monday, October 27, 2014

CPS CASE 177. In Search of . . .

The possible causes of fatigue and weight loss in a 61-year-old person are broad-ranging and include depression, a malignant condition, chronic infection, and an endocrine disorder such as diabetes mellitus or hyperthyroidism.

61歳の倦怠感と体重減少のあり得る原因は幅広く、うつ、悪性疾患、慢性疾患、糖尿病や甲状腺機能亢進症のような内分泌疾患などがある。

Sunday, October 26, 2014

CPS CASE 176. Bitter Pills

It is reasonable for this patient with prediabetes to be concerned about progression to overt diabetes mellitus.

この前糖尿病状態の患者が明らかな糖尿病への進行を懸念されるのはもっともである。

Saturday, October 25, 2014

CPS CASE 175. A Heavy Heart

The patient's history is consistent with fluid overload, manifested as peripheral edema with ascites, gastrointestinal congestion, or both, which can cause early satiety and abdominal distention.

患者の病歴は水分負荷で矛盾せず、腹水を伴う末梢の浮腫や胃腸のうっ血あるいは双方の徴候として現れるが、それは早期満腹感、腹部膨満の原因となり得る。

Friday, October 24, 2014

CPS CASE 174. Hard to Conceive

The patient presents with infertility, which is defined as the inability to conceive after 1 year of regular unprotected intercourse.

患者は不妊で受診した。不妊は、定期的に避妊せず性交渉をして1年後妊娠する能力がない状態と定義される。

Thursday, October 23, 2014

CPS CASE 173. Thinking Inside the Box

The duration of this woman's symptoms is consistent with acute diarrhea.

この女性の症状の持続期間は急性下痢症と辻褄が合う。

Wednesday, October 22, 2014

CPS CASE 172. A Rash Hypothesis

This patient has chronic watery diarrhea.

この患者は慢性の下痢だ。

Tuesday, October 21, 2014

CPS CASE 171. All in the Family

Although the initial shaking in all four limbs is suggestive of bilateral central nervous system dysfunction, the subsequent focal nature of the deficits, including aphasia and weakness on the patient's right side, suggests a unilateral lesion, probably in the left hemisphere of the brain, affecting the corticospinal tracts and language centers.

初めの四肢の振戦は両側の中枢神経系の障害を思わせるが、続く欠損が巣症状、つまり、失語、右側の脱力などは、片側の病変、おそらく左大脳半球で、皮質脊髄路と言語中枢を侵していることを示唆する。

Monday, October 20, 2014

CPS CASE 170. The Beat Goes On

The differential diagnosis of a wide-complex tachycardia includes ventricular tachycardia, a supraventricular rhythm with bundle-branch block or aberrant conduction, and preexcitation.

QRS幅の広い頻拍の鑑別診断には、脚ブロックか伝導変更に伴う上室性頻拍あるいは早期興奮がある。

Sunday, October 19, 2014

CPS CASE 169. More Than Meets the Ear

Serous otitis media often arises after acute otitis media, though it may also occur in association with eustachian-tube obstruction or dysfunction without prior infection.

漿液性中耳炎は、急性中耳炎後によく起こすが、但し感染がなくとも耳管の閉塞や機能障害に関連して生ずるかもしれない。

Saturday, October 18, 2014

CPS CASE 168. Stalking the Diagnosis

This patient is urinating frequently and has a fever, which may suggest a urinary tract infection.

この患者は頻尿で熱がある。それは尿路感染を示唆するかもしれない。

Friday, October 17, 2014

CPS CASE 167. Under Pressure

Most patients with chronic dyspnea have a pulmonary or cardiac disorder, but it is important to keep in mind the possibility of deconditioning, neuromuscular disorders, metabolic problems such as anemia and thyroid disease, and psychogenic causes.

慢性呼吸困難のある患者はたいてい肺か心臓の病気があるが、身体調節機能異常、神経筋疾患、貧血や甲状腺疾患のような代謝の問題及び心因性の原因の可能性を心に留めておくことも重要である。

Thursday, October 16, 2014

CPS CASE 166. Painful Purple Toes

This patient's painful purple toes are suggestive of peripheral arterial ischemia.

この患者の痛みのある紫のつま先は末梢動脈虚血を示唆する。

Wednesday, October 15, 2014

CPS CASE 165. A Crisis in Late Pregnancy

Shortness of breath in the third trimester of pregnancy has a broad differential diagnosis.

妊娠第3期の息切れは多くの鑑別を要する。

Tuesday, October 14, 2014

CPS CASE 164. A Bloody Mystery

This middle-aged woman has a bleeding diathesis.

この中年女性は出血素因がある。

Monday, October 13, 2014

CPS CASE 163. The Writing on the Wall

The patient's report of epigastric and periumbilical abdominal discomfort, accompanied by bloating, nausea, and early satiety, focuses attention on the stomach, proximal small bowel, and pancreaticobiliary tree.

患者の心窩部及び臍周囲の不快感は、膨満、嘔気、早期満腹感が伴う場合、注目すべきは、胃、近位の小腸、膵管、胆管である。

Sunday, October 12, 2014

CPS CASE 162. A Change of Heart

Chest pressure may suggest any of several disease processes, ranging from benign conditions to life-threatening emergencies.

胸部圧迫感は、良性疾患から生命を脅かす緊急症に至るまでいくつかの疾患のうちどれかを示唆するかもしれない。

Saturday, October 11, 2014

CPS CASE 161. A Hard Diagnosis

Malaise is commonly reported and offers little in the way of a focused differential diagnosis.

全身倦怠感はよくある訴えで、焦点を合わせた鑑別診断には少ししか益するところがない。

Friday, October 10, 2014

CPS CASE 160. A Fragile Balance

This man had a traumatic fracture of his left humerus and was noted to have radiographic evidence of osteopenia.

この男性には左上腕骨の外傷性骨折があるが、放射線学的な骨量減少は認められていなかった。

Thursday, October 9, 2014

CPS CASE 159. Kiss of Death

This active young patient presents with nonspecific symptoms that have not improved with treatment.

この活発な青年は治療で改善しない非特異的な徴候を呈している。

Wednesday, October 8, 2014

CPS CASE 158. A Red Flag

My initial concern is that this patient may have a vascular event of the central nervous system.

私の最初の懸念は、患者が中枢神経の血管イベントがあるかもしれないということである。

Tuesday, October 7, 2014

CPS CASE 157. A Question Well Put

Progressively increasing pain at a site of previous orthopedic surgery raises concern about infection or a mechanical complication of the procedure, including osteonecrosis of the femoral head or failure of the hardware.

過去の整形外科手術部位の次第に悪化する痛みは感染あるいは処置の機械的合併症の懸念を生じさせ、それには大腿骨頭壊死や器具の不具合なども含まれる。

Monday, October 6, 2014

CPS CASE 156. When Past Is Prologue

Edema reflects a disruption of interstitial-fluid homeostasis and typically indicates a cardiac, renal, hepatic, venous, or lymphatic pathology.

浮腫は間質水分のホメオスターシスの破綻を反映しており、典型的には心臓、腎、肝臓、静脈あるいはリンパ流の病態を指す。

Sunday, October 5, 2014

CPS CASE 155. Needle in a Haystack

Diarrhea is a common symptom with many possible causes.

下痢は多くの原因があり得るありふれた症状である。

Saturday, October 4, 2014

CPS CASE 154. Keeping an Open Mind

This patient has a prolonged fever without focal symptoms years after a heart transplant.

この患者は、心移植後数年して、局所徴候のない遷延する発熱を起こしている。

Friday, October 3, 2014

CPS CASE 153. Taken Out of Context

Headache, often a benign condition, may be a manifestation of a serious disorder, such as subarachnoid hemorrhage, meningitis, or a tumor.

頭痛は、良性の病態であることは多いが、蜘蛛膜下出血、髄膜炎あるいは腫瘍のような深刻な障害の徴候であり得る。

Thursday, October 2, 2014

CPS CASE 152. Fool's Gold

In the absence of the ECG findings, the most likely explanation for the sequence of events would be dehydration associated with a prolonged upper respiratory tract infection leading to orthostasis and syncope.

心電図所見がない場合、一連のイベントの最もありそうな説明は遷延する上記どう感染に関連した脱水が起立性低血圧及び失神に至ったということであろう。

Wednesday, October 1, 2014

CPS CASE 151. Variations on a Theme

This seemingly unrelated array of symptoms cannot be readily explained by a single diagnosis, but their simultaneous development tempts the clinician to find a unifying cause.

この見たところ関連のなさそうな徴候を単一の診断で説明するのは容易ではなさそうだが、同時に発症していることを考えると医師は統一的な原因を探ろうとする。