Case Presentation: We report a 12 year old girl who presented with a burning rash on the left forearm for 2 hours. The child noticed an insidious burning sensation and saw redness of the skin over her forearm. No other lesions or concurrent symptoms were noted. There was no history of trauma or burns. On […]

Case Presentation: A 40-year-old man with untreated HIV presented with two weeks of worsening nausea, headache and diplopia. In addition, the patient had some confusion limiting his ability to recall pertinent medical history other than several years ago he was treated for a fungal brain infection. He denied any fevers, weight changes, abdominal pain, or […]

Case Presentation: A 24-years-old man with no prior comorbidity presented to the hospital with a 2 months history of progressive, left sided headaches. He also developed diplopia 1 week prior when his family also noticed the deviated left eye. Upon arrival his temperature was 36.5 Celsius degree, blood pressure 142/90, respiratory rate 18 and heart […]

Case Presentation: A 47 year-old man presented with two weeks of dyspnea, pleuritic chest pain and acutely worsening renal function. His medical history included type 2 diabetes mellitus with resultant diabetic nephropathy. The patient had noted the onset of myalgias and anorexia preceding these symptoms and began to take naproxen in addition to his lisinopril […]

Case Presentation: A 52-year-old African American woman presented to her local hospital with a 3-week history of headache and diplopia without an inciting event. At that time, she was treated symptomatically and discharged. After persistent symptoms and new onset imbalance, neck stiffness, vomiting, and blurry vision, she reported to a second hospital. Her past medical […]