Case Presentation: A 66-year-old female with a history of stage IV non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) (90% PD-L1 +) on pembrolizumab (status post cycle 9) with metastasis to the left adrenal gland presented with a two-week history of malaise, nausea, and vomiting. Vital signs were stable and physical exam was euvolemic, with mild epigastric tenderness. [...]

Case Presentation: Insulin-derived amyloidosis (AIns) is a rare, iatrogenic localized dermatological condition associated with insulin injections that can be a missed diagnosis in those with poorly-controlled diabetes. A 53-year-old caucasian woman with a history of T1DM, Graves’ disease, and a thyroid nodule came to the clinic to establish care. The patient complained of painless, palpable [...]

Case Presentation: A 37-year-old Korean female presented with 3-day history of worsening right posterior shoulder and chest pain, and exertional dyspnea. Review of System was otherwise negative. Past Medical History included chronic hepatitis B and an episode of pneumothorax 1 month prior. Her LMP was 2 weeks prior to presentation. On exam, she was tachypneic [...]

Case Presentation: An 85-year-old female with a medical history of hypertension, hyperlipidemia and tobacco abuse presented to the ED with a several day history of intermittent, non-radiating substernal chest pain that occurred at rest. Physical exam revealed normal vital signs, regular cardiac rhythm, no murmurs or gallops, clear lungs, and no jugular venous distention or [...]

Case Presentation: A 71 years old white male, with a past medical history of severe eosinophilic asthma, was transferred to our hospital with hypoxemic respiratory failure and worsening infiltrates. Respiratory PCR was negative. The patient was febrile with T-max of 101 F, required 6 L of oxygen. Labs showed WBC 21,000, Hemoglobin was7.4, and Creatinine [...]

Case Presentation: A 61 years old man with a history of metastatic rectal carcinoma T3 N0 M1 underwent neoadjuvant & adjuvant chemotherapy with FOLFOX along with resection of rectal tumor. One year later he had recurrent liver & sacral metastases for which he was started on FOLFIRI and bevacizumab with completion of 1 cycle of [...]

Case Presentation: A 61-year-old male with a past medical history of pancreatic and renal transplants on chronic immunosuppression presented with a six-day history of watery diarrhea. He also reported fever, abdominal pain, and noted a family member also developed a similar diarrhea after a pork dinner. His vital signs were remarkable for fever (101.8 F) [...]

Case Presentation: A 23 year old male with no pertinent past medical history presented to ED with acute worsening ataxia and paresthesia of upper and lower extremities with an onset of 5 days. Patient denied recent vaccinations, respiratory or GI illness, prior episodes of ataxia or paresthesia, bowel or urinary incontinence, and camping or tick [...]

Case Presentation: A 41-year-old male presented to the ER two days after sudden-onset vision loss in his right eye while driving which he described as a “round black spot the size of a large clock.” This prompted him to stop his car and get out, after which he felt off-balance for 10 minutes. The vision [...]

Case Presentation: Patient is a 51-year-old man who presented with complaints of progressively worsening dyspnea, productive cough, sore throat and intermittent fevers of about 1 week. He has a past medical history of tobacco use. Initial vitals showed a temperature – 100.5F, heart rate – 118 bpm ,blood pressure – 119mmhg/60mmhg , respiratory rate – [...]