Case Presentation: A 67‐year‐old man with no known past medical history presented to Beth Israel Medical Center with a one week history of right leg pain and thigh swelling. He denied any recent trauma, IV drug use or recent travel within the past three months. Physical examination revealed erythema, warmth, increased right thigh swelling and […]

Case Presentation: A 20-year-old male with past history of asthma presented initially with bloody diarrhea and subjective fever of one day’s duration. Upon evaluation vital signs revealed temperature of 103 F, and tachycardia. On physical examination there was generalized abdominal tenderness with normal bowel sounds. Thrombocytopenia was present with platelet count of 46 k/ul. Antibiotics […]