Case Presentation: A 70-year-old Caucasian woman with history of hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and newly diagnosed atrial fibrillation presented with persistent exertional dyspnea, fatigue, malaise, and anorexia for the past few days. She was recently discharged for community-acquired pneumonia twice at another institution without improvement of nonproductive cough, mild proximal muscle weakness, and exertional dyspnea. She was […]

Case Presentation: We present a unique case of a 37-year-old male with a recently diagnosed case of monkeypox three weeks prior and completion of Tecoviramat; who at initial presentation was thought to have an infected arteriovenous fistula (AVF) from a pox lesion likely with an abscess or necrotic process. He had a PMHx of HIV […]

Case Presentation: A 63 year old male with no past medical history was admitted with five months of bilateral upper and lower extremity weakness as well as a pruritic, erythematous rash on his face, arms, and back. This was followed by progressive dysphagia. Initial workup, including a pectoralis muscle biopsy showing necrotizing myopathy, and MRI […]

Case Presentation: A 22-year-old male with no medical history presented to the emergency department with a 4-day history of fevers and odynophagia which progressively prevented intake of solids and liquids. He reported associated shortness of breath with pleuritic chest pain. He appeared nontoxic with sputum collecting in a bedside cup. He had a fever of […]

Case Presentation: A 59 y/o male who presented to the hospital with a 2 week history of subjective fevers, generalized fatigue, and non-bloody diarrhea. Past medical history was notable for indeterminate ulcerative colitis (UC) and was being managed with azathioprine and mesalamine. He was recently prescribed antibiotics and developed diarrhea shortly after. He denied any […]

Case Presentation: A 56-year-old man with a history of ulcerative colitis (UC), treated with Adalimumab, returned from a 10-day cruise to Puerto Rico. He presented with 5-days of fever, chills, fatigue, anorexia and multiple loose stools daily. On presentation, he was ill-appearing, febrile (T = 102.8oF) and tachycardic (HR = 124 bpm). RR = 16 […]

Case Presentation: A 48-year-old female with no significant past medical history was initially hospitalized for community-acquired pneumonia and subsequently developed hematemesis, melena along with fever and night sweats. Other presenting symptoms included productive cough, worsening dyspnea, and 80-pound unintentional weight loss in 3 months. She denied travel/occupation history. Further workup showed WBC 46.6×103/uL, Hemoglobin 8.3 […]

Case Presentation: A 73 year old female with a 50 pack year smoking history was admitted with 2 months of dysphonia, oral pain, odynophagia, and a 30 pound weight loss. Exam revealed a large ulcerative lesion of the tongue and white plaques on the tongue and oral mucosa. CRP was 5.74 mg/dL and ESR was […]