Case Presentation: A 63-year-old male with severe COPD (on 3L NC at baseline), coronary artery disease, obesity, and history of tobacco abuse initially presented to the emergency room with chest pain after a fall. A chest x-ray revealed multiple rib fractures. He had worsening hypoxia over the next few days, and a CT chest revealed [...]

Case Presentation: A 61-year-old African American male with a history of alcohol use disorder and chronic pancreatitis presented to the hospital with shortness of breath and severe chest pain that worsened with inspiration. Two months prior to admission he was found to have a 17x12x12 cm pancreatic pseudocyst and subsequently underwent cystogastrostomy with stent placement [...]

Case Presentation: A previously healthy 18-year-old male presented with a loculated pleural effusion. 10 days prior, the patient had sudden, acute, left sided anterior wall chest pain and shortness of breath. He reported night sweats, but no other symptoms. He was initially treated with doxycycline in the outpatient setting. Despite antibiotics, the symptoms worsened, and [...]