Case Presentation: A previously healthy 51‐year‐old man presented to our institution with a 6‐month history of intermittent rash. He described his rash as 2‐3 centimeter raised, red, pruritic lesions occurring on the face, extremities, back and torso almost every day. The rash occurred without any obvious trigger and resolved in 2‐3 hours. He denied associated […]

Case Presentation: 73 year old male with solitary kidney due to prior renal cell carcinoma and splenic marginal zone lymphoma currently treated with chlorambucil presented to the emergency department with acute kidney injury. He complained of red “kool-aid” urine and lower extremity rash. The rash was non-blanching, erythematous, papular and present on his ankles and […]

Case Presentation: Introduction: Mixed Cryoglobulinemia (MC) is a rare subtype of the Cryoglobulinemia disorders which are caused by precipitation of immune complexes in the serum at cold temperature. MC involves more than one immunoglobulin component, i.e. IgM, rheumatoid factor (RF) and can be classified further as Type II or III. MC has associations with both […]

Case Presentation: An 87-year-old male presented with sudden onset of drowsiness.  His body slumped in the chair while watching television; he was staring into space with drooling from the right angle of mouth. Past medical history was significant for hypertension with nephropathy and pacemaker insertion for sick sinus syndrome. His Glasgow coma scale was 7 […]

Case Presentation: A 54 y/o lady with a past medical history of HCV cirrhosis s/p Harvoni treated 5 years ago, IVDU now on methadone who presented to the ER with a lower extremity rash that started two days ago. They were multiple tender nonblanching, red to purple petechial and purpuric lesions on the bilateral lower […]

Case Presentation: A 79-year-old woman with hypertension and rheumatoid arthritis presented with generalized fatigue and decline in her functional status over 6 months. Her symptoms progressed in the month preceding admission to nausea, vomiting, right upper quadrant pain, and intolerance to solids and liquids for several days. An outpatient abdominal ultrasound revealed only hepatic steatosis. […]

Case Presentation: A 35-year-old male with past-medical-history significant for cerebral palsy and ventriculoperitoneal shunt for ventriculomegaly was admitted with fever. Patient had completed a course of levofloxacin before admission. Patient was started on azithromycin and meropenem, for possible aspiration pneumonia, because of penicillin allergy. He continued to be febrile with elevated leukocytes despite antibiotics. Considering […]