Background: Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) is defined as the presence of ≥5% of hepatic steatosis (HS) in the absence of other liver disorders, such as chronic viral or autoimmune hepatitis, steatosis induced by drugs, significant alcohol consumption, hemochromatosis, or Wilson’s disease. There is limited literature describing national prevalence and epidemiological characteristics of NAFLD in [...]

Case Presentation: A 53-year-old male with a past medical history of hypertension who recently emigrated from El Salvador presented to an ambulatory clinic for evaluation of substernal chest pain that started eight days earlier. He described the chest pain as intermittent, non-radiating, and associated with palpitations, chills, shortness of breath, and diaphoresis. He denied fever, [...]

Case Presentation: A 56-year-old man presented with 3 weeks of headache and 3 days of chin numbness. He also reported subjective fever and night sweats. His past medical history included HIV for which he was on antiretroviral therapy (last CD4 902 x10^6/L and undetectable viral load). His vital signs were normal. He had decreased sensation [...]

Case Presentation: A healthy 22-year-old presented with four days of acute onset emesis, jaundice, and fever. Four days prior to presentation, the patient ate fried chicken and rice for lunch. Four hours later he had twelve episodes of non-bilious non-bloody vomiting, without associated diarrhea or abdominal pain. Over the next three days, he developed progressive [...]

Case Presentation: Hepatic carcinosarcoma (HCS) is an extremely rare kind of hepatic malignancy with elements of both carcinoma and sarcoma. Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), on the other hand, is the most common lymphoid malignancy in North America accounting for ~25% of leukemia cases in the United States. This is the first case report in medical [...]

Case Presentation: A 27-year-old Chinese-American woman presented to the ED for sore throat, flank pain, dysuria, and generalized weakness for 1 week. The symptoms began after returning on a domestic flight. She initially denied any medical history or substance use to multiple providers and insisted her symptoms were due to infrequent bathroom use during the [...]

Case Presentation: A 35-year-old female dog groomer with a history of an ovarian cyst presented as a direct admission from the Gastroenterology clinic due to worsening upper abdominal pain and weight loss for 2 months. An abdominal CT obtained two weeks prior showed a large left liver lobe mass measuring 6.3 x 4.6 cm. On [...]