Case Presentation: A 29-year-old man with a history of exercise-induced asthma presented with left-sided chest pain and exertional dyspnea. Two weeks ago, he started experiencing chest pain when playing basketball. The pain was relieved with rest. Prior to current admission, he was treated for asthma exacerbation for similar symptoms at a community hospital. He continued […]

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 42-year-old female with a past medical history of end stage renal disease from focal segmental glomerulosclerosis on hemodialysis for the past four years, presented to her cardiologist with worsening dyspnea on exertion and a feeling of “increased fluid in her lungs”. An outpatient transthoracic echocardiogram (TTE) was obtained, which showed a normal […]