Case Presentation: A 30 year old man with a history of type 1 diabetes mellitus and bioprosthetic aortic valve replacement (AVR) for endocarditis presented with 2 days of left eye pain and vision loss associated with fevers, headache, and nausea. He reported intravenous drug use (IVDU) 4 days prior to admission after 14 months of […]

Case Presentation: NZ is a 60 yo, Iraqi female with a past medical history of remote hemi‐thyroidectomy, who underwent a total thyroidectomy for Graves disease. She required one 2mg IV dose of calcium gluconate during the initial hospital stay for symptomatic hypocalciumia with a value of 7.5mg/dL on post‐operative day (POD) 1. She was discharged […]

Case Presentation: An 82-year-old female with past medical history of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation, hypertension, CKD stage 3, and recurrent Pseudomonas aeruginosa urinary tract infection was admitted to a cardiology inpatient service for generalized weakness and atrial fibrillation with rapid ventricular response.Her recurrent UTIs had been occurring monthly for the past year. She was noted to […]

Case Presentation: A 10-year-old male from China with prior history of a presumed parasitic infection was admitted for abdominal pain, vomiting, and diarrhea. Ten days prior to admission, he traveled to the United States and developed intermittent abdominal pain associated with non-bloody diarrhea and non-bloody, non-bilious emesis.  Review of systems was negative for fever, sick […]

Case Presentation: A 66-year-old male with a history of recently diagnosed bullous pemphigoid treated with azathioprine presented with fever and rash occurring 3 days prior to presentation. On exam the patient was febrile to 103.1 degrees Fahrenheit. Other vital signs were within normal limits. There was evidence of bullous lesions on his bilateral lower extremities […]

Case Presentation: A 59 year old female with a history of Hepatitis C cirrhosis, esophageal varices, type 2 diabetes mellitus, end-stage renal disease, and hypertension presented to the emergency department to be evaluated for fever at the behest of her dialysis center. She endorsed chills, diffuse abdominal pain, and dyspnea over the past week. She […]

Case Presentation: A 69 year-old man presented after experiencing fatigue and fever for two days. He complained of accompanying dyspnea with decreased exercise tolerance and new four-pillow orthopnea. He had a history of myocardial infarction, coronary artery disease status-post multi-vessel coronary artery bypass graft, heart failure with reduced ejection fraction with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator […]

Case Presentation: An 11 year old obese male with sickle cell trait presented with 4 months of right-sided leg pain. His pain had begun as right thigh pain, progressed to his hip and was now involving his lower back. The pain severely impeded his ADLs. He reported a 30 lbs weight loss over this period […]