Case Presentation: A 45 year old African American Male with no significant past medical history presented with hematuria, shortness of breath, black tarry stools, and multiple bruises throughout his body for the past two weeks. Physical Exam revealed an afebrile, hemodynamically stable patient, with multiple areas of bruises throughout the body. Labs on admission revealed […]

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 51-year-old female presenting with increasing epigastric pain radiating to her back, nausea, and vomiting for five days. Her past medical history is relevant for coronary artery disease and CABG, type 2 diabetes, hypertension, prior tobacco use, and mood disorder. She had visited her primary care doctor the day prior to presentation with […]

Case Presentation: A 22-year-old Hispanic male with no significant past medical history, presented to ED with acute onset of bilateral lower extremity weakness. The patient stated that weakness was episodic lasting minutes to hours, usually presenting early in the morning right after waking up. The patient complained having 7 similar episodes with acute bilateral lower […]