Case Presentation: A 33-year-old male with a history of HIV, bipolar disorder and polysubstance abuse presented to the ED with one day of severe pain in his lower back and bilateral thighs. He described the pain as sharp and fiery, with radiation from the lower back to his knees bilaterally. Further history revealed that the [...]

Case Presentation: A 41-year-old African American male with a past medical history of overactive bladder and benign prostatic hyperplasia presented to the emergency department (ED) with increasing proximal bilateral lower extremity muscle pain for five days. His pain was accompanied with increasing difficulty with ambulation. The patient also noted persisting hematuria, urgency, and hesitancy for [...]

Case Presentation: 18-year-old female college student with a past medical history of polycystic kidney disease, febrile seizures and treated Kawasaki’s disease presented with bilateral lower extremity muscle weakness, which was acute and uniform without any patterns such as ascending or descending quality. The severity of the symptoms lead to patient’s inability to ambulate without support [...]