Case Presentation: A 39-year-old Zimbabwean male with a past medical history of hepatic schistosomiasis complicated by cirrhosis and pancytopenia presented to the ED with 7 days of abdominal pain and generalized weakness. The patient exhibited similar symptoms 8 months prior and had taken furosemide and spironolactone ever since, with no other home medications. Physical exam […]

Case Presentation: Bilateral facial nerve palsy is a rare entity representing less than 2% of all facial nerve palsies and is rarely related to Bell’s palsy. Determining the etiology can be a diagnostic challenge and requires consideration of underlying neurologic, infectious, neoplastic, traumatic or metabolic disorders. A 22 year-old woman presented to the hospital with […]