Case Presentation: A 76-year-old male with metastatic renal cell carcinoma presented to the hospital due to multiple syncopal episodes. The patient was prescribed pembrolizumab by infusion every 3 weeks (last dose was a week and a half prior). His presenting vitals were significant for a heart rate of 30 beats per minute and systolic blood […]

Case Presentation: An 81-year-old woman with a pertinent history of primary hypothyroidism and lung adenocarcinoma, treated with durvalumab, was admitted to the hospital in shock after being found lethargic, hypotensive, and hypoxic at home.Prior to admission, she developed weakness, fatigue, anorexia, vomiting, and diarrhea. She had recently been hospitalized with presumed septic shock attributed to […]

Case Presentation: A 68-year-old male presented to the hospital with declining mental status. His chronic medical conditions included stage IV renal cell carcinoma on nivolumab maintenance therapy, type II diabetes mellitus, chronic kidney disease, hypothyroidism on levothyroxine 150 mcg, and long-term opioid therapy for malignancy pain. He had a one-week duration of upper abdominal pain […]