Case Presentation: 36-year-old female is admitted to our hospital with acute-onset chest pain and found to have bilateral segmental pulmonary embolism.  Her medical history was pertinent for juvenile idiopathic arthritis diagnosed at age of 15. Despite being on chronic steroids and rituximab for maintenance therapy, she had been having intermittent fever for the past two […]

Case Presentation: A 23 year-old woman presented with blurry vision and difficulty walking for two weeks. Her family also reported two weeks of progressive memory changes and a 52-pound weight loss over four months. One month prior to presentation, while pregnant at 18 weeks gestation, she was admitted with three months of vomiting and five […]

Case Presentation: A 29 year old female presents with one week of sudden onset double vision. She reports accompanying dark spots in her vision, photosensitivity, and some unsteadiness with walking. The patient’s friend noted that her eyes were “crossed” the morning of admission. Past medical history is significant for alcohol abuse and anxiety with a […]

Case Presentation: A 58-year-old Caucasian woman with HIV on HAART, hyperthyroidism with radioiodine ablation, Hepatitis B and C, past IV drug use, former smoker, HTN, and HLD, initially presented with chest pain and was found to have NSTEMI. She underwent cardiac catheterization, which revealed 90% stenosis of mid-LAD and had a drug-eluting stent (DES) placed. […]