Case Presentation: A 14-year-old previously healthy male presented to a community hospital for sudden repeated episodes of initially non-bloody, and then grossly bloody, emesis. He denied sick contacts, travel, significant NSAID use, alcohol consumption, and caustic ingestions. On presentation, he had normal vital signs, mild epigastric tenderness, and heme-positive dark stool. His labs were notable […]

Case Presentation: A 61-year-old male with a history of alcohol abuse and Insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus presented with complaints of retrosternal chest pain and multiple bouts of coffee-ground emesis for three days. He reported a three-day binge of drinking vodka prior to the presentation. On examination, he was tachycardic, tachypneic, but normotensive. Hand and tongue tremors […]