Case Presentation: A 78-year-old woman with severe persistent asthma on a maximum dose of inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) was admitted for lethargy and skin nodules on her thighs. She had three hospital admissions in the past two months for reported pneumonia. She was found to have fever, left basilar crackles, and multiple violaceous, firm, tender subcutaneous […]

Case Presentation: A 78-year-old woman with severe persistent asthma on a maximum dose of inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) was admitted for lethargy and skin nodules on her thighs. She had three hospital admissions in the past two months for reported pneumonia. She was found to have fever, left basilar crackles, and multiple violaceous, firm, tender subcutaneous […]

Case Presentation: A 63-year-old man with lung adenocarcinoma with multiple rib metastases and lytic spinal lesions was receiving palliative radiation treatment when computed tomography (CT) incidentally revealed a fluid collection along the anterior cecum with pneumatosis. Cultures taken during CT-guided abscess drainage were positive for piperacillin-tazobactam-sensitive enterococcus, and the patient was started on antibiotics. His […]

Case Presentation: The prevalence of thrombotic microangiopathy (TMA) in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is rare (1%). Recognizing TMA in patients with SLE is difficult because these diseases have many overlapping features. We present a case of a 28‐year‐old woman with SLE who presented with confusion, thrombocytopenia and acute kidney injury. The patient had […]