Case Presentation: A 70-year-old woman was admitted to our medical center with a 2-month history of abdominal discomfort, anorexia and fatigue. Past medical history was notable for hyperlipidemia. Five weeks prior to admission, the patient presented to her primary provider with similar complaints and was found to have significantly elevated liver enzymes, as shown in […]

Case Presentation: A 5 year old boy from Saudi Arabia without past medical history presented with 3 months of fevers, weight loss, and a large abdominal mass. 3 months prior to presentation, while living in Saudi Arabia, the patient developed abdominal pain, emesis, and headaches. After 1 week of symptoms, he received outpatient therapy with […]

Case Presentation: A 62 year-old female with herniated T7-T8 disc and chronic back pain presented with 4 days of binocular horizontal diplopia associated with frontal and occipital headaches, photophobia, and tingling of the right hand. Outpatient ophthalmology evaluation noted right esotropia and retinal hemorrhages for which patient was admitted to our hospital. Exam was relevant […]

Case Presentation: A 22-year-old female with a history of biopsy-proven eosinophilic esophagitis, gastroparesis, multiple food allergies, and intermittent amenorrhea presented to the emergency room with weakness and lightheadedness. In the past month she experienced a 15lb weight loss, early satiety, and increasing fatigue. She was being followed outpatient by a gastroenterologist for several months of […]