Internal Medicine

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Seborrheic Keratosis Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome 1333

■Melanoma

■Squamous cell carcinoma

management

What to Do First

■Establish a diagnosis

■Further treatment is needed only if the diagnosis is in question or if

the lesion is symptomatic.

specific therapy

■Removal or destruction of symptomatic lesions

follow-up

■None

complications and prognosis

■None

SELENIUM DEFCIENCY

ELISABETH RYZEN, MD

history and physical

Deficiency rare in humans; Keshan disease in China where selenium

intake very low (cardiomyopathy symptoms); long-term TPN may

cause, with muscle pain and tenderness

Tests/ DDx/Mgt/Specific Therapy/FU/Comps & Prognosis

N/A

SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME

SUSAN PHILIP, MD, MPH

history & physical

History

NOTE: NO reported cases since 2004. Please see CDC or WHO websites

for most current epidemiology and advisories.