Case Presentation: A 29 year old woman presented with a generalized tonic clonic seizure and progressively worsening ataxia over the last six months. She also had memory deficits and diplopia. Her past medical history included Li Fraumeni syndrome and an immature ovarian teratoma that was treated with a right oophorectomy and chemotherapy in 2015. Her […]

Case Presentation: A 17yo female with sickle cell disease (SCD; HbSS genotype) presented with pain crisis and acute chest syndrome. She was treated with appropriate antibiotics (ceftriaxone/cefdinir and azithromycin). During the first few days of her hospitalization, she required 2 pRBC transfusions for down trending hemoglobin (Hb) and low reticulocyte count. On hospital day 11, […]

Case Presentation: A 15 year-old female with obesity presents to the hospital with vomiting, headache, and decreased responsiveness. Prior to arrival she had about 10 episodes of non-bloody vomiting, after which she had altered consciousness. She denied any diarrhea, dysuria, blood in stool, and vaginal bleeding. She denied bleeding and bruising easily. No recent consumption […]