Alina G. Bridges, DO

Advocacy Update: Ringing in 2023

We review the new digital pathology codes released on July 1, 2022, that will go into effect January 1, 2023. We also discuss the proposed...

Author:: Alina G. Bridges, DO; Alexandra Flamm, MD; Daniel M. Siegel, MD, MS

In July 2021, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published a proposed fee schedule that will negatively impact practices that...

Author:: Alyssa R. Hoverson, MD; Ryan B. Lundell, MD; Valerie L. Cooper, PA-C; Alina G. Bridges, DO

A 22-year-old Somali woman presented to our institution with oral lesions of 2 years’ duration. The lesions started as small papules in the...

An association between steatocystoma multiplex (SCM) and eruptive vellus hair cysts (EVHCs) has been recognized. Steatocystoma multiplex and EVHC...

Author:: Martina Mookadam, MD; Natasha Mesinkovska, MD, PhD; Alina G. Bridges, DO

Granuloma faciale (GF) is an uncommon cutaneous disease of uncertain etiology that predominantly affects the face. Extrafacial lesions are rare....

History of Present Illness A55-year-old male presented with a one and one-half week history of a sore throat, shortness of breath on exertion,...