Case Presentation: A 69‐year‐old male veteran with a history of diabetes and cardiovascular disease presented to the hospital with a several week history of slurred speech and imbalance, and was admitted to the neurology service for an acute stroke evaluation. His vital signs were unremarkable. Neurologic exam was notable for decreased attention, left‐sided pronator drift, […]

Case Presentation: A 47-year-old Hispanic female smoker presented with aone-week history of severe, intermittent substernal chest pain radiating tothe left arm. The pain was associated with palpitations and shortness ofbreath. She was afebrile with a heart rate of 100, a blood pressure of119/59, a fine tremor, and brisk reflexes. No lid lag or proptosis wasappreciated. […]

Case Presentation: A 56 year old man with a history of colon cancer treated with partial colectomy complicated by chronic diarrhea presented with two weeks of progressive worsening watery diarrhea, weakness, lethargy and muscle soreness. His family also added that he had been “unsteady on his feet” and had been “drawing out his words” over […]

Case Presentation: A 60-year-old man with a history of bilateral adrenalectomy for Cushing’s disease, who received hydrocortisone replacement (hydrocortisone 20 mg/day; 15 mg after breakfast and 5 mg in the afternoon) for 50 years, visited our emergency department with epigastric pain and palpitations. The symptoms manifested without any obvious cause when the patient was at […]