Case Presentation: 60-year-old gentleman with a history of autoimmune hemolytic anemia presented to emergency department with acute onset of severe left leg pain, edema, and cyanosis. On examination of his left leg, pulses were not palpable distal to posterior tibialis but motor functions remained intact. There were no blebs or bullae noted. He was requiring [...]

Case Presentation: A 33-year-old male presented to the emergency department (ED) after abrupt onset left anterior chest pain with associated diaphoresis, nausea, and abdominal pain one hour prior to arrival. He denied aggravating or relieving factors. Vital signs were stable and physical exam, including cardiac and respiratory exam, were unremarkable. Patient denied a history of [...]

Case Presentation: The patient is a 20-year-old male without past medical history. He began to feel depressed about 3 weeks prior to admission, and his dietary intake decreased. Concomitantly, he experienced diarrhea once to twice per day. He noticed pain in both the thighs when waking up the day before the admission. The pain persisted [...]

Case Presentation: Our patient is 56-year-old gentlemen with a history of non-ischemic cardiomyopathy related to prior alcohol use, hypertension and atrial fibrillation who presented to the emergency department complaining of shortness of breath, pleuritic chest pain and subjective feeling of fever and chills of 3 days’ duration. He was found to be hypotensive (86/60 mmHg) [...]

Case Presentation: A 62-year-old male from a major urban city in Northeast US with history of hypertension and type II diabetes mellitus presented with fevers and thigh pain for three days. He had no recent travel history, sick contacts, or bug bites. Physical examination was notable for injected conjunctiva. Lab work revealed leukocytosis, thrombocytopenia, acute [...]

Case Presentation: A 64 year old female with a past medical history of coronary artery disease and coronary artery bypass graft, heart failure with reduced ejection fraction, diabetes mellitus, peripheral arterial disease, hyperlipidemia and a strong smoking history presented to the emergency department with exertional dyspnea worsening over the past 1 month and substernal chest [...]

Case Presentation: A 77-year-old male with a history of coronary artery disease and hypertension presented to the emergency department with progressively worsening sore throat, difficulty speaking, and odynophagia for one day. On initial assessment, the patient was in no respiratory distress. However, with an hour of presentation, he developed respiratory distress. Examination revealed tachypnea, stridor, [...]

Case Presentation: A 52-year-old African American woman presented to her local hospital with a 3-week history of headache and diplopia without an inciting event. At that time, she was treated symptomatically and discharged. After persistent symptoms and new onset imbalance, neck stiffness, vomiting, and blurry vision, she reported to a second hospital. Her past medical [...]

Case Presentation: A 77 year old man with a history of first degree heart block, hypertension, type II diabetes, and alpha thalassemia trait presented with one day of lightheadedness and palpitations. Several days of fatigue, myalgias, sore throat, rhinorrhea, and headache preceded his symptoms. His exam was notable for bradycardia but was otherwise normal. Labs [...]

Case Presentation: Introduction:Hiatal Hernia is a common condition. Hiatal hernias rarely cause cardiac symptoms such as dyspnea and chest pain. Here we present an extremely rare case of a giant hiatal hernia causing typical chest pain and actual ST-segment elevations in inferior leads of EKG. Case ReportThis is a case of 76-year-old female who presented [...]