Case Presentation: A 43-year-old African-American ex-smoker with a history of biopsy-proven multisystem sarcoidosis in remission, morbid obesity, and pulmonary hypertension presented with left lower quadrant pain and was found to have multiple ventral hernias containing bowel loops without any obstruction on CT scan, following which she was discharged with outpatient surgery follow-up. Prior to contrast [...]

Case Presentation: A 53-year-old Vietnamese monk living in a rural Texas monastery presented with fatigue, muscle aches, and fever that progressed to respiratory distress after a two-week delay in seeking care. He was intubated and sedated at a tertiary care center. He was afebrile, tachycardic (HR 122 bpm), and normotensive. Labs showed a leukocytosis (WBC [...]