Case Presentation: A 67‐year‐old man with a past medical history of hypertension and retroperitoneal mass presented to the emergency department followed the sudden onset of severe low back pain. He described it as non‐radiating, diffuse, and constant. He denied chest pain or headache. Five years earlier he had been admitted to the hospital for evaluation […]

Case Presentation: A 59-year-old man with a history of a chronic provoked bilateral pulmonary embolism with left lower extremity deep vein thrombosis (DVT), Non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction and hypercholesterolemia presented to the emergency department with acute, severe, constant left calf pain and swelling, exacerbated by standing. He stated that “I think I have another blood clot […]

Case Presentation: Intracranial subdural hematoma (ISH) is a rare and fatal complication of spinal anesthesia (SA); therefore a high index of suspicion for ISH should be considered when a case of suspected postdural puncture headache (PDPH) does not improve with conservative management. A 36-year-old female presented to the emergency room complaining of worsening headache of […]

Case Presentation: S.G. is a 51-year-old woman originally from Ethiopia without past medical history who presented with two weeks of abdominal distention, lower extremity swelling and 10 lbs of weight loss. On presentation, her exam was notable for decreased bibasilar breath sounds with dullness to percussion, no elevation in jugular venous pulse, abdominal distention without […]