Case Presentation: A 43-year-old male presented to the emergency room with dry mouth and fever. The patient endorsed pain and dryness when eating solid foods. He noted 40 pounds of unintentional weight loss over 1 month. He had a 30 pack-year smoking history but reported no alcohol or illicit drug use. He did not take […]

Case Presentation: A 25-year-old male without medical history presented with right sided throat pain, fever and chills for 3 days. He also had a painful swelling behind his left ear for 4 weeks. In the emergency department, examination showed an erythematous and edematous right tonsil with local mass effect on the uvula with left-sided displacement […]