Case Presentation: A previously healthy five-year-old boy presented with forehead swelling in the setting of a recent sinus infection. His initial symptoms were fever and nasal congestion for which he was prescribed a 10-day course of cefdinir, completed three days prior to admission. After finishing the antibiotic, he developed unsteady gait, photophobia, headache, vomiting, and [...]

Case Presentation: A 2-year-old girl with a past medical history of hypertension and anterior mediastinal mass of unclear etiology presents to the ED with acute bruising. 2 months prior, she was admitted to PICU for fever and lethargy, AKI, hyperuricemia and electrolyte abnormalities concerning for tumor lysis syndrome (TLS), and was found to have a [...]

Case Presentation: A 60-year-old male patient who presented with hemoptysis 1-year prior, was found to have sub-centimeter lung nodules and multiple liver lesions on CT chest. The largest hepatic lesion on abdominal MRI was 3.2 x 1.4cm. He declined liver biopsy and presented a year later with abdominal distension, early satiety and unintentional weight loss [...]

Case Presentation: Insulinoma is a rare tumor that originates in the beta cells of the pancreas with an incidence of 1-4 cases/million persons/year. Less than 10% of insulinomas are malignant and represent a treatment challenge despite the development of new therapeutic approaches in the last decade. A 28 year old female with no past medical [...]

Case Presentation: A 48-year-old female with no significant medical history presented to an outside hospital with epigastric pain of 3 weeks duration. The pain was constant and severe, associated with nausea, vomiting and a 20 lb. weight loss. Serum lipase was elevated at 1135 U/L (nl 8-78). An Abd US revealed multiple hepatic lesions without [...]

Case Presentation: A 55-year old man with a history of hypertension presented to the hospital with pleuritic left chest pain for 1 day and enlarging bilateral breasts for 2 months. Initial vital signs were notable for elevated blood pressure of 180/90 mmHg. Physical exam was remarkable for bilateral gynecomastia, areolar tenderness and testicular hypotrophy. Admission [...]

Case Presentation: 63-year-old woman with 80-pack year smoking history presented with right flank pain for two days and weight loss of 35lbs in 6 months. Chest X-ray as a part of the workup was found to have a mass like opacity in left lung. Subsequent CT scan of chest and abdomen/pelvis showed a left upper [...]

Case Presentation: A 65 year-old Mexican man had presented to an outside hospital with 2 weeks of cough and dyspnea and was found to have a new apical pulmonary infiltrate. He underwent lung biopsy and was treated for pneumonia for several days without resolution of his symptoms. He was transferred to our medicine service and [...]