Sociodemographic factors linked to food allergy diagnosis among high-risk children with atopic dermatitis.

Background: Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a known risk factor for the development of food allergy (FA). Prior work has suggested disparities in diagnosis/management of FA in urban populations.

Objective: To determine whether socioeconomic conditions, as measured by the area deprivation index and insurance status, or racial/ethnic self-identity was associated with risk of FA diagnosis (DFA), evaluation by an allergist, or objective FA testing among high-risk children with AD.

Cardiac metastasis from a squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue presenting with symptoms of endocarditis: a case report.

Cardiac metastasis of squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the tongue is rare. This report presents a known case of SCC of the tongue in a patient who was admitted with an initial diagnosis of pneumonia and endocarditis and had received wide spectrum antibiotics. Due to the lack of an appropriate response, surgical valve replacement was initially considered, but further evaluation by cardiac MRI revealed multiple cardiac, lung and paravertebral metastases, most probably from the previous SCC and as such the patient was managed conservatively.