Author | Irina Litvin, D.O.

In this case study, Dr. Litvin presents a complicated case of neuromyelitis optica (Devic’s disease), a rare inflammatory autoimmune CNS disease affecting the spinal cord and optic nerves.

A patient with uncontrolled hypertension, long-term Raynaud’s phenomenon, altered mental status, facial droop, dysarthria, diplopia and renal crisis.

Diagnosed with systemic lupus erythematosus and chikungunya, a woman embarks on a cross-continent trip for treatment and diagnosis at a city hospital.

How the “The Internet of Healthy Things” is improving healthcare delivery.

Case Study: A female patient presents with a case of pyoderma gangrenosum that fails multiple standard treatments.

Photo Clinic: A case of pyoderma gangrenosum that failed antibiotics, steroids, other immunosuppressive agents, thalidomide and cyclosporine.