Case Presentation: A female of 70-years with a history of osteoarthritis presented with four weeks of fever, weight loss, night sweats, and fatigue. She was hypotensive, febrile, tachycardic and tachypneic. She was initially managed per sepsis protocol. Laboratory data revealed WBC 2.7 K/UL, Hgb 9.8 g/dL, PLT 77 K/DL, AST 71 IU/L ALT 49 IU/L, […]

Case Presentation: Exogenous lipoid pneumonia (ELP) is an unusual respiratory disease caused by inflammation from a foreign body reaction to inhaled lipid particles. Here we present a case of this illness in the absence of a history of vaping, and we show how diagnosis can be delayed while searching for more common respiratory disorders. Discussion: […]