Background: When left untreated tuberculosis has the potential to cause significant morbidity and mortality. In many instances adequate microbiologic therapy does not exclude chronic respiratory complications. Bronchostenosis is an under recognized complication with potentially far reaching complications. Methods: Patients with evidence of bronchial stenosis and lung volume loss who were previously treated with pulmonary tuberculosis [...]

Case Presentation: A 28-year old Vietnamese man who has sex with men (MSM) with recent diagnosis of AIDS, on antiretroviral therapy (ART), presented to the hospital with 1 month of fevers associated with headaches, night sweats, anorexia, and diarrhea. He was born in Vietnam but moved to the United States 2 years prior to presentation [...]

Case Presentation: 73 year-old Eritrean woman presented with one-month history of non-healing foot wound. While visiting Eritrea, she developed right foot edema, leading to splitting of the skin on the dorsal foot. This developed into a wound requiring hospitalization, debridement, and two week antibiotic course with ampicillin and ciprofloxacin in an Eritrean hospital. No organism [...]

Case Presentation: A 47-year-old previously healthy male was referred from another hospital with fever, dry cough, abdominal pain and diarrhea for about one month. He also had unintentional weight loss of 33 lbs and abdominal distention over 2 months. He was originally from Nigeria and had moved to Japan 10 years ago. A physical exam [...]

Case Presentation: A 38-year-old African male with no medical history presented to the emergency department with chronic, intermittent epigastric abdominal pain. Physical exam revealed a diminished left radial pulse but was otherwise unremarkable. Labs were notable for an elevated C-reactive protein (CRP) to 23.7 mg/L (normal

Case Presentation: A 77-year-old African American female with rheumatoid arthritis on chronic prednisolone presented with fever, weakness and unsteady gait. Further history revealed latent tuberculosis (TB) infection treated over 15 years ago and granulomatous abdominal lymphadenopathy three years ago. Physical exam revealed fever and limited left hip mobility due to weakness and pain. Labs showed [...]

Case Presentation: A 69 year-old Mexican man with a history of polysubstance abuse presented to the hospital for fever and dysphagia of 4 weeks duration. CT of the chest taken at an outside facility showed a large esophageal mass with right hilar and left supraclavicular lymphadenopathy (Figure 1). Given concern for malignancy, an EGD with [...]

Case Presentation: A 72-year-old man from Bangladesh, who immigrated to the U.S. 4 years ago, presented with ten days of constipation and progressively worsening abdominal pain. He reported no alcohol use, recent travel, known tuberculosis (TB) contact, IV drug use or incarceration history. The patient appeared frail and vital signs were within normal limits. His [...]

Case Presentation: A 54 year old man with no known past medical history who presented with complaints of shortness of breath and a new axillary mass for the last three weeks. He previously moved from Kenya 6 years prior with no recent travel. As his mass grew, he began to experience increasing fatigue and shortness [...]

Case Presentation: A 27-year-old male immigrant male from Guatemala presented with complaint of right-sided scrotal pain, swelling, and fever of 1 month. No reports of weight loss. Physical exam revealed right scrotal swelling, induration with the tenderness of the right testis and epididymis. Lab workup showed normal CBC, CMP. Urine culture, blood culture, chlamydia, and [...]