Case Presentation: A 43‐year‐old female was admitted to our hosipital experiencing fever, cough, dyspnea, generalized lymphadenopathy and weight loss. She had been examined previously in another hospital and subsequently treated for community acquired pneumonia for 5 weeks. Her past medical history included repeated episodes of pneumonia treated with antibiotics, with the last episode being one […]

Case Presentation: A 45 year-old gentleman with a history of recurrent alcoholic pancreatitis complicated by pancreatic pseudocyst presented to the hospital after three episodes of hematochezia. Ten days prior, he had undergone endoscopic transgastric metal stent placement between his pseudocyst and stomach, followed 6 days later by pseudocyst drainage with necrosectomy. After 3 days, he […]

Case Presentation: An 82‐year‐old woman with chronic kidney disease was admitted to the hospital with a one day history of confusion, fever, and acute on chronic renal failure. She was empirically treated with vancomycin, cefepime, and fluids with rapid improvement. By hospital day 2 she was fully oriented and back to her baseline. Blood cultures […]

Case Presentation: A 71-year-old-male with history of HTN, tobacco abuse, and Hepatitis C cirrhosis complicated by hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), was admitted following transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) for HCC. TACE of a 3.2cm left hepatic lobe mass was performed. Access was obtained via the right common femoral artery. No immediate complications were noted, and the patient was […]

Case Presentation: A 39-year-old Zimbabwean male with a past medical history of hepatic schistosomiasis complicated by cirrhosis and pancytopenia presented to the ED with 7 days of abdominal pain and generalized weakness. The patient exhibited similar symptoms 8 months prior and had taken furosemide and spironolactone ever since, with no other home medications. Physical exam […]

Case Presentation: Bilateral facial nerve palsy is a rare entity representing less than 2% of all facial nerve palsies and is rarely related to Bell’s palsy. Determining the etiology can be a diagnostic challenge and requires consideration of underlying neurologic, infectious, neoplastic, traumatic or metabolic disorders. A 22 year-old woman presented to the hospital with […]