Case Presentation: 41 years old Hispanic gentleman with no significant past medical history who presented to the hospital for difficulty walking and diarrhea.Over the last four years, he has had watery non-bloody diarrhea multiple times daily. He reported one bloody bowel movement a week before his presentation. He had lost a significant amount of weight […]

Case Presentation: A 21-year-old male with past medical history of Crohn’s disease on monthly infliximab infusion initially presented to the emergency department with a 5-day history of joint pain. He first noted left-sided pain that was only relieved by heat, but it progressed to left hip and groin pain made worse with movement. The patient […]

Case Presentation: A 28-year-old HIV positive male presented with one week of rectal pain and bloody diarrhea. He was found to have bright red blood in vault on rectal examination. Laboratory studies were concerning for a leukocytosis with left shift, an elevated CRP (>80 mg/dl), and a positive fecal calprotectin. His CT scan demonstrated circumferential […]

Case Presentation: The patient was a 38 year old male with a 5 year history of ulcerative colitis (UC) who presented with a flare of symptoms during the past year, resulting in a 60 lb weight loss. He had been having up to 42 bloody bowel movements per day. The patient was found to have […]

Case Presentation: A 25-year-old man with a past medical history of Ulcerative Colitis (on mesalamine and non-compliant with steroid suppositories) presented as a transfer from an outside hospital (OSH) with fevers, left sided chest soreness, abdominal pain, and bloody diarrhea for 1 week. CT chest, abdomen, pelvis from OSH revealed diffuse colitis as well as […]

Case Presentation: Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a chronic disease affecting the gastrointestinal (GI) tract consisting of Crohn’s disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC). Patients typically have GI symptoms such as abdominal pain, rectal bleeding, and weight loss. However, the extra-intestinal presentation of IBD is not an uncommon occurrence. Here, we describe a case of […]

Case Presentation: A 27-year-old male with no significant medical history presented with a 3-day history of peri-umbilical pain localized to the right iliac fossa. Pain was sharp in nature, constant and aggravated by movement. No bowel or urinary symptoms and no previous abdominal surgeries. No history of inflammatory bowel disease or sarcoidosis. Upon admission, had […]