Case Presentation: A 73-year-old male with history of type 2 diabetes and one-month prior admission for acute renal failure in the setting of stage IV chronic kidney disease presented with symptomatic anemia found to have splenomegaly. A renal biopsy revealed features of membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis and necrotizing crescentic lesions with IgM kappa deposition, suspicious for cryoglobulinemic glomerulonephritis. Immunofixation […]

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 71-year-old female with metastatic thyroid cancer status-post (s/p) radioiodine ablation and total thyroidectomy on oral chemotherapy, chronic kidney disease stage IV s/p deceased donor kidney transplant in 2019 on oral immunosuppression, presented with weakness, gastrointestinal symptoms, and acute-on-chronic dysphagia. While dysphagia work-up was ongoing, patient was noted to have right wrist swelling, […]