Case Presentation: 45 year old female with history of pulmonary embolism seven years ago not on anticoagulation presented with chest pain of 4 weeks. Chest pain was sharp, retrosternal, radiating to left upper extremity, neck & back. Chest pain was also positional, worse laying flat but improved on sitting up. It started 48-72 hours of […]

Case Presentation: A 22-year-old healthy female presented in April 2021 for abdominal pain during menstruation. Vital signs and workup with blood counts, metabolic, pregnancy, and sexually transmitted infection panels were unremarkable. Urinalysis showed nitrites, pyuria, bilirubin, and urobilinogen. Ultrasound and CT of the abdomen/pelvis were unremarkable. She was diagnosed with cystitis and prescribed cefuroxime. Urine […]

Case Presentation: A 72-year-old Caucasian woman without a known history of Myasthenia Gravis (MG) presented to the emergency department (ED) with profound fatigue and shortness of breath for 1 week. The patient had received her second Moderna COVID-19 vaccine dose 1.5 weeks prior to presentation.The patient reported that she was in her normal state of […]

Background: Guillain barre syndrome(GBS) has been recently associated with COVID-19 disease. Usually, GBS cases are associated with immune stimulation and reported after taking different vaccines, however, there is no confirmed evidence that this is a causal association. In this systematic review, we are investigating cases of GBS that have been reported following the COVID-19 vaccination. […]