Case Presentation: 47-year-old male with past medical history of fibromyalgia, hypertension, and mild asthma presented with shortness of breath during a double red cell donation (DRCD). DRCD is a procedure where two packs of whole blood are taken from a donor, and plasma is separated from them, this plasma is then transfused back to the […]

Case Presentation: A 34 year old male presented with severe, progressive lower back pain over two years. He described the pain as sharp, 8/10 pain, radiating to the right buttock and thigh, unrelieved by over‐the‐counter pain medication. The patient complained of intermittent numbness, tingling, and weakness of the right lower extremity. A thorough neurologic exam […]

Case Presentation: A 58-year-old male presented to the hospital with several days of fatigue and shortness of breath. His vitals were initially stable, and labs showed a hemoglobin of 4.2 (normal 13.5—17.5), white blood cell count WBC 20.1 (4.5—11.0), and platelet count 43 (160—420), BNP 617 (0—900 pg/ml). He received one unit of packed red […]

Case Presentation: A 65 year old Caucasian male with a history of B cell lymphoma on dual anti-checkpoint inhibitor therapy with Pembrolizumab (anti-PD1 antibodies) and IDO(indolamine 2,3-dioxygenase) presented with complaints of left side facial droop, slurred speech and hearing loss. Initial MRI obtained prior to admission was unremarkable but given the progression of the symptoms […]