Case Presentation: Case Presentations: Five new cases of ocular syphilis were diagnosed and treated at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth between December 2020 and August 2021. Although this manifestation is rare, there has been an increase in rate of occurrence of newly diagnosed syphilis cases every year since 2000, to include preliminary data from the CDC […]

Case Presentation: A 30-year-old male with no significant past medical history presented with one year of progressive vision loss. He saw an ophthalmologist one month after the initial onset and described it as a “dark curtain” progressing from his central vision. He was diagnosed with decreased visual acuity bilaterally. He was prompted to go to […]

Case Presentation: A 58-year old male with no self-reported history presented to the hospital with hematochezia. Digital rectal exam revealed external hemorrhoids, shallow anal ulcers, a palpable internal rectal mass and frank blood. During his hospital course he required multiple blood transfusions for hemoglobin levels of 5-6 g/dL with ongoing rectal bleeding. CT and MRI […]

Case Presentation: A 36- year-old female with asthma presented with worsening anasarca, malaise, headache, and subjective cognitive decline over three weeks. She had been to numerous hospitals and clinics for her symptoms. Despite various treatments, including Ciprofloxacin for presumed UTI, her symptoms continued to progress. A urinalysis at an outside hospital showed 4+ protein. On […]