Case Presentation: An 82-year-old woman with dementia, right eye blindness, prior right retinal surgery, atrial fibrillation, and prior stroke presented to an outside hospital with a six-month history of weakness, confusion, ataxia, and falls.  A head computed tomographic (CT) scan showed hyperdensity of the right globe, scleral thickening, and an identically hyperdense lesion superolateral to […]

Case Presentation: 64-year-old man with history of schizoaffective disorder, hypertension, cigarette smoker (quit recently) was admitted to the hospital with acute onset recurrent falls in the last 2 weeks. Medications include buspirone 10mg, amlodipine 2.5 mg, metoprolol 50 mg, clozapine 450 mg. He had hypotension on presentation, which improved with fluids. Symptomatic orthostatic hypotension persisted […]

Case Presentation: A 37 year old Indian male with no significant past medical history presented to the emergency room complaining of fevers, urinary retention and bilateral lower extremity weakness with pain for 4 days. Travel history was significant for a trip to Kenya 4 weeks prior, where he developed non-bloody diarrhea, fevers and night sweats […]

Case Presentation: A 26-year-old male with a history of schizophrenia presented with generalized abdominal pain and altered mental status. He has a history of multiple psychiatric admissions, specifically seven times in the past two years, and long-term antipsychotic usage. Most recently, he was discharged on clozapine, divaloproex, and trazodone. Initial physical exam was notable for […]