Case Presentation: An elderly male with a pertinent past medical history of carpal tunnel syndrome, and chronic diarrhea, presents with complaints of progressively worsening anasarca and associated dyspnea. He has had multiple hospitalizations for dyspnea over the last six months, thought to be due to transudative pleural effusions. Outpatient work-up, including echocardiogram and subspecialty consultation [...]

Case Presentation: A 49-year-old male with a history of warfarin non-compliance left popliteal deep vein thrombosis (DVT), was admitted for dyspnea, left arm pain and bilateral lower extremities edema. In addition to new evidence of DVTs, the patient was found with nephrotic syndrome (NS). Chest CT showed concern for bronchogenic malignancyand enlarged kidneys. He underwent [...]