Case Presentation: A 27-year-old G6P4 female at 28 weeks of gestation presented with fever, headache, myalgias, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. Medical history was significant for polysubstance use, hepatitis C, anxiety, and depression. On the evening of presentation, she reported new-onset central chest pain. Vitals were significant for rectal temperature 93 F, blood pressure 95/58, and [...]

Case Presentation: An 80-year-old Caucasian male with a recent history of transaortic valve replacement three months ago was admitted to the hospital with a history of malaise, and 20 pounds of weight loss in 2 months—no history of diarrhea, fever, vomiting or skin rash. Notably, the patient had multiple admissions for septicemia with salmonella species [...]

Case Presentation: A 34-year-old morbidly obese man with a history of recurrent headaches was admitted to the hospital with two months of rapidly progressive bilateral vision loss, weight gain, and lower extremities (LE) and scrotal swelling. An eye exam revealed severe papilledema in both eyes. Labs revealed brain natriuretic peptide 588 pg/ml and chest X-ray [...]