Case Presentation: A 41-year old-woman with history of Hashimoto’s thyroiditis was transferred from referring hospital (OSH) for persistent thrombocytopenia. Patient was well until one month prior to presentation, when she presented for right upper quadrant (RUQ) pain. The patient was diagnosed with gallstone cholecystitis and underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy. At the time of her surgery, she […]

Case Presentation: A 58-year-old man with a history of smoking was admitted with a 3-month history of an unsteady gait, vertigo, two falls, a 15-pound weight loss, and hematemesis. He underwent an emergent upper endoscopy, which revealed a discrete 3-cm ulcerated mass in the third portion of the duodenum. Computed tomography (CT) of the head […]

Case Presentation: A 29-year-old man with ulcerative colitis and autoimmune hepatitis (both diagnosed at age 15) was admitted to the hospital with a month-long history of hematochezia complicated by anemia and kidney injury. Historically, the patient’s AIH and UC was managed with an immunosuppressive medley; however, the patient had not used any medications within the […]

Case Presentation: A 72-year-old man with untreated generalized anxiety disorder, coronary artery disease, and a remote non-ST elevation myocardial infarction presents with non-exertional chest pressure for one day. The patient had multiple prior hospitalizations for similar symptoms with associated chronic anxiety, though with consistently negative cardiac work-ups. On presentation, he was hemodynamically stable with electrocardiogram […]