Case Presentation: A 63-year-old man with lung adenocarcinoma with multiple rib metastases and lytic spinal lesions was receiving palliative radiation treatment when computed tomography (CT) incidentally revealed a fluid collection along the anterior cecum with pneumatosis. Cultures taken during CT-guided abscess drainage were positive for piperacillin-tazobactam-sensitive enterococcus, and the patient was started on antibiotics. His […]

Case Presentation: 48-year-old female with past medical history of cirrhosis secondary to HBV (on entecavir) and EtOH, decompensated by hepatic encephalopathy and ascites, coronary artery disease s/p stenting to LAD in 2009 presented to the hospital with abdominal pain and distension for a 1-week duration. She stated that the pain radiated to her back and […]