Case Presentation: A 65 year-old woman with a history of renal cell cancer status post nephrectomy and breast cancer treated with lumpectomy and radiation presented with three weeks of progressive lower extremity weakness and confusion. She had poor short-term memory, word-finding difficulties, and difficulty walking. She had no fever, night sweats, or weight loss. Exam [...]

Case Presentation: A 67 year old woman presented with right upper quadrant abdominal pain and was diagnosed with acute cholecystitis. She underwent elective cholecystectomy, complicated by Clostridium difficile colitis. Despite treatment with oral Vancomycin, she had persistent diarrhea and failure to thrive for a month. Repeat Clostridium difficile toxin was negative. Esophagogastroduodenoscopy showed erosive gastritis [...]

Case Presentation: 54 years old man with a history of hypertension was hospitalized due to elevated BUN/creatinine of 33/4.6 mg/dL and Hb of 9.9 mg/dL (baseline 15). He endorsed dyspnea on exertion, anorexia and weight loss of 15 pounds in 6 months. One month ago, he was treated for acute bronchitis with levofloxacin and was [...]

Case Presentation: A 29 year old male with a history of known dental caries and HIV with a CD4 count of 871/uL and an undetectable viral load presented with one month of right-sided jaw pain and facial numbness. He was initially treated for Bell’s palsy and dental abscess without improvement. It was recommended that he [...]

Case Presentation: A 63 year-old gentleman had a history of ischemic cardiomyopathy treated with Orthotopic Heart Transplant (OHT), on tacrolimus & prednisone; cutaneous Kaposi Sarcoma (KS); & negative pre-transplant Human Herpesvirus 8 (HHV8) serology. He presented 5 months after OHT with progressive dyspnea on exertion, orthopnea & bilateral lower extremities swelling since 1 week. On [...]

Case Presentation: A 30-year-old African American man with no prior medical history presented with two weeks of sharp lower back pain radiating to the left flank and leg with associated tingling. He also reported night sweats, chills, and subjective fevers during this time. He denied recent weight loss, bowel and bladder dysfunction, IV drug use, [...]