Case Presentation: A 52-year-old male presented with one week of abdominal pain, myalgia, and diarrhea. The patient was referred to our Emergency Department after outpatient testing revealed an increase in serum creatinine to 11 mg/dL from 0.7 mg/dL six months prior.The patient had medical history of hypertension, gastroesophageal reflux disease, and former alcohol use disorder. […]

Case Presentation: A 27‐year‐old man without medical issues presented with a severe headache after weight lifting. Initially waking him from sleep, it was described as pounding and bitemporal. It worsened over the next several days and was associated with fever, chills and nausea. In the ED, he was noted to have a temperature of 104.5°F […]

Case Presentation: A 29 year-old-woman was found to have proteinuria on routine labs that later progressed over the next few months to nephrotic syndrome with worsening lower extremity edema. Her work up revealed a positive (antinuclear antibody) ANA titer of 1:640. However, her anti-dsDNA and serum complement levels were normal, and she did not meet […]

Case Presentation: This is a 58 year old male with no known past medical history was transferred to our facility with a chief complaint of worsening purpura on the bilateral lower extremities, chest, back, face and pinnae. The patient stated that the lesions began 3 weeks prior to presentation and were slightly raised, non‐painful and […]