Case Presentation: A 68-year-old Caucasian male with a history of stage IV follicular lymphoma treated with rituximab and bendamustine presented with generalized malaise, weakness, and acute encephalopathy of two weeks.He was hypotensive and his exam showed dry mucous membranes and poor skin turgor. Laboratory examination was remarkable for: creatinine 7.6 mg/dL, AST and ALT 691 […]

Case Presentation: A 45-year-old Japanese woman with no significant medical history presented to a primary care physician with a four-week history of fever and coughing. She had also developed fatigue and peripheral edema and was therefore admitted to another hospital. On presentation, her body temperature was 37.5℃, pulse was 98 beats per minute, blood pressure […]

Case Presentation: A 40-year-old G2P2 woman with a history of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) that has been serologically and clinically quiescent for 15 years, lupus nephritis at 25-years-old that was treated with cyclophosphamide, and HELLP syndrome during her first pregnancy, presented with fatigue and dyspnea one month after her second son was delivered via C-section. […]