Case Presentation: Chondrosarcoma is a tumor of malignant chondrocytes that commonly arises in the proximal femur, pelvis, and hip. We report this very unusual case of a patient presenting initially with chronic voice hoarseness, who was found to have a growing mass in the larynx with features of a chondrosarcoma.A 45-year-old male with a past [...]

Case Presentation: A 63-year-old woman was initially admitted for sore throat and dysphagia. At that time, workup revealed right parapharyngeal cellulitis, and she completed a 10-day course of levofloxacin. One month after discharge, the patient presented with a bilateral frontotemporal headache, blurred vision OS, and right otalgia for 2 days. Physical exam was remarkable for [...]

Case Presentation: A 63 year old African American female with history of hypertension was admitted to the hospital for COVID-19 and hypoxia. She was treated with Remdesivir, dexamethasone and convalescent plasma in January 2021. Symptoms improved and she was discharged on steroids and anticoagulation. Six weeks later she started complaining of shortness of breath. CTA [...]

Case Presentation: A 35-year-old female presented to the emergency department after an episode of syncope. She takes methadone (180 mg/day) for opioid dependency. She had a recent relapse and returned to illicit drug use after a period of sobriety. Vital signs were notable for tachycardia, blood pressure and respiratory rate were normal. On physical exam [...]

Case Presentation: 39-year-old African American male presented with dyspnea and hematuria for one week. His past medical history includes stage 3 CKD and hypertension. In the emergency room he was found to be severely hypertensive with systolic blood pressures hovering around 240 mmHg. Initial laboratory tests revealed significantly elevated creatinine level from baseline and new-onset [...]

Case Presentation: A 46-year-old male with no known past medical history presents with worsening chronic cough of one-year duration. He also reports shortness of breath and increasing fatigue during the same timeframe. On presentation, he is noted to have numerous umbilicated facial lesions that are actively bleeding. He was febrile to 103F, tachycardic to 130s, [...]

Case Presentation: 62-year-old female patient with a past medical history of psoriasis (patient was on Adalimumab for three years, then switched to Ixekizumab around eight months before current presentation), gastroesophageal reflux disease, anxiety, hyperlipidemia, and a remote history of smoking in her twenties, who presented with progressive shortness of breath of five days duration. She [...]

Case Presentation: An 86-year-old woman with a history of hypertension on oral medications and chronic systolic heart failure presented to the hospital with chest pain and dyspnea. She was noted to be acutely hypertensive, tachypneic and hypoxemic. Physical exam revealed diffuse crackles, jugular venous distention and lower extremity pitting edema. EKG was consistent with an [...]

Case Presentation: A 50-year-old man with a past medical history notable for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, peptic ulcer disease, gout, and depression presented to the emergency department with a 5-day history of constant, sharp, epigastric abdominal pain. Preceding these symptoms, he experienced an episode of severe nausea, non-bilious non-bloody vomiting, diarrhea, and chills after eating [...]

Case Presentation: A 45-year-old Vietnamese female with history of H. pylori who presented with worsening nausea, vomiting, epigastric abdominal pain and early satiety. Patient reported her epigastric pain had been intermittent for the past six months but had acutely worsen in the last two weeks. There were no initial inciting events that triggered these symptoms. [...]