Case Presentation: A 64 year-old woman with no significant past medical history presented with nausea, vomiting, 50 lb. weight loss and generalized weakness for the past 6 months. Her primary care physician had prescribed treatment for possible reflux; symptoms did not improve. Three months prior, the patient was admitted to a community hospital where CT […]

Case Presentation: A 27‐year‐old woman with reported sickle‐cell disease, protein C deficiency, pulmonary embolism (PE), and recent methicillin‐resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteremia was admitted for sickle cell crisis. She was flying between the east and west coast to visit family when she experienced chest pain 45 minutes into the flight. It was sharp, 7/10 in […]

Case Presentation: A 21-year-old African American, primigravid presented at eight weeks gestation with a two-week history of progressively worsening lower abdominal and back pain, as well as intractable nausea and vomiting. Her symptoms were accompanied by tachycardia, hypertension, constipation, dark urine and blistering lesions on her lips. On exam, she was tender across her abdomen […]

Case Presentation:   58-year-old female with no significant medical history presented with fatigue, dyspnea on exertion, bilateral lower extremity edema, and increased abdominal girth for 3 months. She also reported intermittent fevers, 2 months of dull right upper quadrant pain that radiated to her back and an unintentional ten-pound weight loss over the past year. On exam, vitals were notable for low-grade fever […]