Case Presentation: A 56-year-old male presented to the emergency department for longstanding and persistently worsening headaches, subjective fevers, chills, malaise, and significant weight loss. One month prior to this visit, he had a dental abscess that was successfully treated with a course of Augmentin; since that time his headaches, chills, malaise, and significant weight loss [...]

Case Presentation: We present a case-series of 3 immunocompetent patients who presented with cryptococcal meningitis.Case 1: A 49-year-old HIV-negative male, with a history of treated tuberculosis and Hepatitis B, presented with dizziness. CT chest revealed a cavitary lung lesion, and subsequent bronchoscopy and endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS) with lavage and biopsy demonstrated cultures positive for C. [...]

Case Presentation: A 55-year-old female who is G2P2 with past medical history of diabetes mellitus and who experienced menopause at 50, presented to an outside outpatient care facility with a one-month history of intermittent abdominal pain. The patient was sent home with the assumption that it was a case of left sided diverticulitis and was [...]

Case Presentation: An 83-year-old male with type 2 diabetes (hemoglobin A1C of 10.9) and recurrent herpes zoster presented with 3 days of worsening unilateral facial pain, headache, rash, and nausea. Of note, the patient had been vaccinated with the live varicella zoster virus (VZV) vaccine (Zostavax) 3 years prior. Physical exam revealed a right sided [...]

Case Presentation: A 70-year-old male with a past medical history of hypertension presents to the hospital for new onset of right-sided chorea interfering with his everyday activities with no associated weakness, numbness, speech, visual disturbances, rashes, or joint pains. A full initial laboratory work-up was performed notable for non-hemolytic anemia and elevated inflammatory markers. CT [...]

Case Presentation: This case describes a 72-year-old female with previous left pontine cerebrovascular accident (CVA) in 2019, hypertension and hyperlipidemia who presented to the Emergency Department with worsening bilateral shoulder pain and progressive weakness. Two years prior, statin therapy was started for secondary CVA prevention, however, the statin was discontinued because the Patient developed muscle [...]

Case Presentation: A 71-year-old male with a history of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) presented with shortness of breath and weakness. He had been diagnosed with CLL eight years ago and was placed on acalabrutinib 3 months previously. He was hospitalized twice in the prior 2 months for pneumonia.The patient was found to be tachycardic (102/min), [...]

Case Presentation: An 18 year old male presented with ten days of fever, sinus congestion, cough, right sided headache, myalgia and diarrhea. He had no significant past medical history but recently travelled to Bahia, Brazil and engaged in ocean swimming and sushi consumption. He had tested positive for Influenza A at his primary care office [...]

Case Presentation: A 84-year-old woman with a past medical history of HTN, DM2, CHF, and hypothyroidism presented to an offsite ED after falling on her buttock when rising from a kitchen chair. She had an uneventful course of COVID-19 four weeks prior. Over the last 2 weeks, she developed progressive weakness. Upon arrival at the [...]

Case Presentation: Patient is a 41-year-old male with no relevant medical history who presented with 3 days of right orbital swelling. Accompanying symptoms included fevers, chills, and tinnitus. There was erythema above the right vermillion border with extension to the nasal cavity and right orbit. Sensation to light touch was decreased over the V2 nerve [...]