Case Presentation: This is a case of a 62 year old Caucasian man with past medical history of hypertension, anxiety disorder, reactive airway disease who presents to the hospital for evaluation of 3 month history of ongoing flu‐like symptoms, diffuse arthralgias, and fatigue with minimal exertion. Patient had been treated on an outpatient basis over […]

Case Presentation: A 20 year-old, asymptomatic Caucasian man presented to the Emergency Department while vacationing in New Orleans. His home physician instructed him to self-present to the nearest hospital after receiving the patient’s Holter monitor data, which noted third-degree AV block and heart rate nadir of 21. The patient was wearing a Holter monitor due […]

Background: One of the growing challenges in today's health care system is the increase in the number of childhood illnesses that are survived and the number of adults who continue to live with the disease. There is a subset of the pediatric hospital population that is older than 18 years, often because of the nature […]

Case Presentation: A 34-year-old African American female with no significant past medical history presented to the emergency room complaining of intermittent palpitations associated with dizziness and dyspnea on exertion for six weeks. She had similar symptoms a year prior, which had resulted in a syncopal episode, however work up at that time was insignificant. Three […]

Case Presentation: A 54-year-old morbid obese female presented to the hospital with sudden-onset heart palpitations and skin paresthesia a few hours after taking a new medication she was prescribed for weight loss, bupropion/naltrexone 180/16mg once daily. The patient had a history of anxiety, for which she was prescribed citalopram 40 mg once daily. Upon her […]

Case Presentation: Cardiac amyloidosis- a multiorgan disease, which carries a grave prognosis due to its rarity and nonspecific presentation. We report a case of systemic AL amyloidosis with predominant cardiac and renal involvement associated with multiple myeloma.• A 60-year-old male presented with progressively worsening anasarca including 3+ pitting edema in all extremities, and 80 lbs. […]