Case Presentation: A 48-year-old male with a history of hypertension and type 2 diabetes was sent to the emergency department for a “prostate x-ray” by his primary care physician due to elevated creatinine, hyponatremia, and two-day history of gross hematuria. The patient denied dysuria, fevers, chills, night sweats, and cough. He did note weight loss […]

Case Presentation: The patient is a 38-year-old Caucasian female who was diagnosed with Stage IIIb malignant melanoma. The excision of the left scapular lesion and axillary dissection was performed. Baseline 18F-FDG PET scan showed no evidence of metastatic disease. After the 5th cycle of Nivolumab treatment, the patient developed 38 ºC fever and grade 2 […]

Case Presentation: An 84-year-old female with a history of obesity, diabetes, and hypertension presented with 18 months of left knee pain and swelling resulting in progressive functional decline such that she was unable to ambulate. She reported no history of trauma. She had been admitted to another hospital 3 weeks prior and discharged with oral […]