Case Presentation: A 21-year-old male with end-stage renal disease for 3 years (cause unknown) presented to the hospital with a 19lb weight loss (10% of body weight) over 2 months. Exam was notable for jaundice, diffuse abdominal tenderness, and innumerable purple, papular lesions covering his body, which he had noticed for 8 months. Labs revealed [...]

Case Presentation: A 42-year-old female presented to the emergency department with a 2-week history of jaundice, intermittent abdominal pain, hip pain, and fevers. Her past medical history was significant for ankylosing spondylitis. She was on chronic immunosuppression with prednisone, Plaquenil and Infliximab. Initial evaluation was remarkable for abnormal liver function and thrombocytopenia (Table 1). The [...]

Case Presentation: A healthy 38 yo woman presented to hospital with 3 weeks of fatigue. She was recently treated for a urinary tract infection but continued to feel unwell. She complained of mild LUQ abdominal pain. On review of systems she endorsed weight loss, fever and night sweats but denied chest pain, dyspnea, easy bleeding, [...]

Case Presentation: A 43 year old female with no significant past medical history presented to the emergency department after developing subjective fevers, myalgias, arthralgias, and malaise one week after a hiking trip in northern Minnesota. She had a fever of 39.2℃ and splenomegaly with no rash. Pertinent labs showed a hemoglobin of 12.1 g/dL (11.6-15.0 [...]

Case Presentation: A 40 year old female with a medical history of pancreatitis and gastroesophageal reflux initially presented with cough and viral cold symptoms. She was initially febrile to 102 F, with labs significant for WBC 3,900 (normal 4,500-11,000 WBC/uL), hemoglobin 9.1 (12.0-15.5 g/dL), and platelet count 35,000 (150,000-450,000 /uL). She quickly deteriorated with new [...]

Case Presentation: A 63-year-old female with past medical history significant for myasthenia gravis managed with azathioprine (AZA) presented with recurrent fevers, shortness of breath, malaise and night sweats for one week after attending a funeral in Pennsylvania. She denied any sick contacts, hiking, animal exposure, tick bites, or rashes. She was seen outpatient and her [...]