Case Presentation: A 57-year old man was found down at home one day prior to admission. Three days prior, he experienced intermittent “stabbing” chest pain and dizziness. Past medical history was significant only for multiple sclerosis treated with Copaxone. On admission, he was afebrile, heart rate 113bpm, blood pressure 104/71 mmHg, respiratory rate 19 breaths […]

Case Presentation: Purulent pericarditis is rare in the post-antibiotic era. Even rarer is purulent pericarditis caused by Streptococcus Constellatus causing purulent pericarditis in an immunocompetent patient. Here we present a case of an immunocompetent patient who acquired this infection from an unknown source and deteriorated rapidly in spite of optimal medical therapy.A 68-year-old female presented […]

Case Presentation: Patient was a 37 year-old gentleman with history of recently diagnosed heart failure, hypertension, non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma s/p chemotherapy and prior methamphetamine use who presented with chest pain. He reported a history of heart failure but had never had cardiac imaging. This diagnosis had been made clinically based on lower extremity edema. He had […]

Case Presentation: A 67 year old male with a past medical history of recurrent pericarditis, hypertension, psoriatic arthritis, and gout presented with diffuse chest pain. Patient stated that the pain was substernal, 10/10, sharp in nature, and non-radiating. Pain was aggravated by exertion and alleviated with rest, nitroglycerin and morphine. Pain was associated with shortness […]

Case Presentation: 72 years old Caucasian male presented to the hospital with the complaint of generalized maculopapular rash involving the chest and bilateral upper and lower extremities with the itching for the last 12 hours. He also had been having diarrhea for the last 2 days which was loose watery in consistency and yellowish in […]