Today's Episode
Alexis reviews Case 2 from the Pediatric Morning Report book. A 9-year-old male presents complaining of progressive left jaw pain and swelling. He has been having intermittent epistaxis for 2 weeks, and 1 week ago he noticed left-sided jaw swelling. At that time, he was prescribed amoxicillin for a presumed infectious cause. He did not respond to the antibiotics, however, and developed increasing pain in his left jaw, accompanied by trismus and a 3-kg weight loss.
Today's Host
Alexis Burnette is a 2nd year medical student at Los Angeles General Medical Center.
About Dr. Raj
Dr Raj is a quadruple board certified physician and associate professor at the University of Southern California. He was a co-host on the TNT series Chasing the Cure with Ann Curry, a regular on the TV Show The Doctors for the past 7 seasons and has a weekly medical segment on ABC news Los Angeles.
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