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 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 […]