Case Presentation: A 37-year-old Caucasian male with a history of uncontrolled diabetes and tobacco abuse presented with right flank pain, hematuria, and pyuria. He had several days of fever with temperature of 38.8 upon initial evaluation and white blood cell count was 19.2. His urinalysis had more than 100 white blood cells, more than 100 [...]

Case Presentation: A 65-year-old Japanese man presented with a 5-month history of bilateral leg edema. He visited his family doctor 3 months ago and started taking furosemide, but the symptom didn’t improve. His past medical history included chronic atrial fibrillation. He reported malaise, constipation and weight gain but denied fever or night sweats. On admission, [...]