Case Presentation: A 61-year-old man with no notable health history was admitted to the hospital for a month-long history of dysphagia and weight loss. The patient had been in his usual state of health until around six months ago when occasional back pain developed, which he attributed to his prolonged truck-driving. Four months prior to […]

Case Presentation: A 61-year-old female awoke one morning to thirty minutes of right sided weakness and slurred speech prompting hospital admission for stroke. Treatment with metronidazole and ciprofloxacin for colitis diagnosed two days ago was continued in hospital. Diffusion weighted imaging (DWI) of the brain MRI revealed infarctions in multiple vascular territories involving bilateral cerebral […]

Case Presentation: A 66-year-old-male presented with painless jaundice. Laboratory tests were consistent with biliary obstruction, Ca 19-9 was 304.3 IU/mL (N: 0.0-35), and CT scan revealed a pancreatic mass with omental metastasis. The patient underwent ERCP with biopsy. Pathology was consistent with pancreatic adenocarcinoma (Figure 1A-B). He underwent a Whipple procedure and completed 12 cycles […]

Case Presentation: Previously healthy, never-smoker, COVID vaccinated, 45yo male with a history of hypertension presented to urgent care for one month history of shortness of breath on exertion, mild cough, and some weight loss. At urgent care, oxygen saturation was found to be 77% on room air and was transferred to Bronson Hospital for further […]

Case Presentation: We present a case of a 63 year old man who came in with a left sided neck mass and blue discoloration of his left upper extremity. Patient had left side limb discoloration for a month, he woke up with a large left sided neck mass that prompted him to come to the […]