Case Presentation: A 73-year-old female with PMH of iron deficiency anemia, laparoscopic cholecystectomy, and hernia repair had received iron transfusions as well as blood transfusion. Despite which, her hemoglobin remained low, 7.3gm/dl. She was fatigued, but denied abdominal pain, black stool, vomiting blood, fevers or chills. She had an upper endoscopy that was unremarkable as […]

Case Presentation: A 53‐year‐old man was brought to the emergency department by ambulance after he was found wandering the streets. He was paranoid and agitated, and he could not recall the events leading to his presentation. Review of his medical record revealed a psychiatric admission for acute psychosis 6 months earlier. His physical exam was […]

Case Presentation: A 73‐year‐old male with a history of diabetes mellitus(DM), had dental implants in place of his left mandibular first and second molars about 5 years ago. 5 days before admission to our hospital, he felt a swelling of his left mandibular gum and pain in the peri‐implant area of his left mandible. 3 […]

Case Presentation: 47-year-old male veteran presented with one-month history of intermittent left-sided abdominal pain, vomiting, constipation and melena. Abdominal X-ray revealed small bowel obstruction. CT scan of the abdomen and pelvis with contrast revealed multifocal masses involving proximal to mid-small bowel with small bowel obstruction secondary to the mass at the level of jejunal and […]

Case Presentation: 33 yr old pregnant female with a history of choleycystectomy, presented at 17 weeks gestational age (GA) to the hospitalist service with epigastric pain, vomiting and transaminitis. She had no pruritus, jaundice or hypertension. Her medications included vitamins and Anise (as a carminative). OB consult determined that the pain was not pregnancy related. […]

Case Presentation: A 36-year-old female presented with a month history of cramping abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting that started after an episode of diarrheal illness associated to ingestion of mangoes. Her symptoms were worse with food intake and consequently, she reported a 25-pound weight loss. Her PCP had performed a urea breath test and an […]