Case Presentation: A 65 year-old Mexican man had presented to an outside hospital with 2 weeks of cough and dyspnea and was found to have a new apical pulmonary infiltrate. He underwent lung biopsy and was treated for pneumonia for several days without resolution of his symptoms. He was transferred to our medicine service and [...]

Case Presentation: A 34 year old female presented to the emergency department with several days of rapidly progressive skin and tongue lesions. Over the preceding months, she was evaluated by outpatient otolaryngology for recurrent otalgia and sinusitis, receiving antibiotics and prednisone without improvement. She underwent electromyography with neurology and was diagnosed with peripheral neuropathy of [...]

Case Presentation: A 27-year-old white male with adult-onset asthma and recurrent pneumonia presented to a rural hospital with a one month history of ascending lower extremity numbness. He also reported fever, fatigue, night sweats, and a twenty-pound weight loss over three weeks. Initial workup revealed leukocytosis and eosinophilia, prompting transfer to our facility for further [...]

Case Presentation: A 57-year-old female with a history of herpes simplex virus was seen at Rheumatology clinic for 3 weeks of myalgias and arthralgias, positive rheumatoid factor and elevated inflammatory markers. By her first visit, her symptoms resolved. Review of systems revealed chronic sinusitis associated with nasal septal deviation and nasal polyps, which previously failed [...]

Case Presentation: 54-year-old female with past medical history of bronchitis was referred for evaluation of hemoptysis and chest radiograph changes. She had 5 pack year history of cigarette smoking but quit 4 years prior. Additionally, she admitted to significant occupational exposure working as an electrician for 8 years. On physical examination, her temperature was 37.3°C, [...]

Case Presentation: 51yoM with no significant medical history presents to ED for evaluation of progressive bilaterally injected, painful conjunctiva of 1 months duration, nonproductive cough and pleuritic chest pain of 1 week’s duration. He was recently treated with moxifloxacin for conjunctivitis without improvement in symptoms. After treatment, he developed nonproductive cough associated with pleurisy and [...]

Case Presentation: 51yoM with no significant medical history presents to ED for evaluation of progressive bilaterally injected, painful conjunctiva of 1 months duration, nonproductive cough and pleuritic chest pain of 1 week’s duration. He was recently treated with moxifloxacin for conjunctivitis without improvement in symptoms. After treatment, he developed nonproductive cough associated with pleurisy and [...]

Case Presentation: A 78 year old woman with a PMH of asthma, sinusitis, CAD with stents and recent influenza presents with chest pain. Her EKG was without ST changes and troponin was 0.08 ng/mL. Other labs were significant for WBC of 10,900 cells/uL, and absolute eosinophil count 2800 cells/uL. She was diagnosed with NSTEMI and [...]

Case Presentation: A 48-year-old Columbian woman presented with 5 weeks of malaise, epistaxis, and hemoptysis. Physical exam was relevant for fever, conjunctival injection, hoarseness, coarse breath sounds, tachycardia, mononeuritis, trace lower extremity edema, and no stigmata of thrombotic microangiopathy (TMA). Labs were significant for a creatinine of 2.8, leukocytosis, thrombocytosis of 992×103, and microscopic hematuria. [...]

Case Presentation: A 71-year-old Caucasian female with history of atrial fibrillation, gastroesophageal reflux disease, chronic kidney disease stage 3a was admitted for 2-week history of nausea, vomiting, and decreased urinary output. The patient had a recent admission for atrial fibrillation with rapid ventricular rate without causative etiology identified and was discharged on amiodarone and apixaban. [...]