Case Presentation: A 38 yo male with PMH of alcohol abuse, motor vehicle collision a year prior to presentation, presented to the ED with back pain. Pt states that had back pain about a year ago right after the motor vehicle collision, which improved after a month. Then in the last 4 weeks, he has [...]

Case Presentation: 61 year old Hispanic male with a history of end-stage renal disease receiving scheduled hemodialysis, type 2 diabetes presented with 2 months of progressive abdominal pain and distension, anorexia, and intermittent fevers. He had lived in Fresno, Ca for over 20 years. Five months prior, he was diagnosed and treated for COVID-19 pneumonia. [...]

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 [...]

Case Presentation: A 32 year old male with alcohol abuse and Kratom use was initially hospitalized for 7 days for acute alcoholic pancreatitis and discharged with corticosteroids due to concern for alcoholic hepatitis. On day 14 of corticosteroids, he was readmitted for acute blood loss anemia requiring transfusion. Initial esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) showed gastric mucormycosis on [...]

Case Presentation: An 87-year-old man presented to the emergency room for exertional dyspnea, productive cough, and generalized weakness progressive over the past month. Four weeks prior he was hospitalized for community-acquired pneumonia and received a 10-day course of a third-generation cephalosporin with minimal improvement. He continued to have a productive cough and exertional shortness of [...]