Case Presentation: A 30 year old male with no past medical history presented with progressive shortness of breath and chest pain. He stated that two weeks ago, he removed a wooden splinter from his left finger. The finger then developed swelling and erythema that progressed to painful drainage in association with worsening of presenting symptoms. [...]

Case Presentation: A 66-year-old male with history of intravenous (IV) drug abuse presented with acute onset substernal chest pain and shortness of breath for one day. Initial EKG showed diffuse ST-elevations. Urine toxicology screen was positive for cocaine, cannabinoids, and fentanyl. CXR showed a hilar mass, which on CT showed a right upper lobe nodule [...]

Case Presentation: Neisseria meningitidis, a gram-negative diplococcus, is widely known for causing meningitis and septicemia. However, its potential to trigger rare cardiac manifestations, such as pericarditis, often goes unrecognized. These atypical presentations can mimic common cardiovascular emergencies like myocardial infarction or pulmonary embolism, creating significant diagnostic challenges.A 44-year-old male with a history of type 2 [...]

Case Presentation: A 37-year-old female with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), noncompliant with mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) and hydroxychloroquine, complicated by Class V membranous lupus nephritis and cirrhosis due to autoimmune hepatitis, presented with generalized weakness and altered mentation. This followed a recent admission for methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) bacteremia and acute kidney failure requiring hemodialysis (HD), [...]

Case Presentation: A 29-year-old male with a past medical history of uncomplicated bio-naïve mild ulcerative colitis (UC) diagnosed on a recent colonoscopy on oral mesalamine 4.8 grams/day presented to the hospital for acute onset central chest pain two weeks after initiation of therapy. The character of the chest pain was sharp, worsening with deep inspiration, [...]