Case Presentation: Sweet Syndrome, also known as acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis is an uncommon inflammatory disorder of skin characterized by abrupt eruption of painful, edematous, erythematous papules, plaques, nodules and rarely bullous lesions in addition to involvement of mucous membranes, musculoskeletal system and internal organs. There are very few cases reported with sweet syndrome (mostly [...]

Case Presentation: Immunotherapy is an emerging therapeutic option in the field of oncology. Dermatological toxicities are the most prevalent immune-related adverse events associated with immunotherapy. Herein, we report a case of a 60-year-old male who developed localized bullous pemphigoid after nearly a year of treatment with a PD-1 inhibitor, nivolumab, for metastatic renal cell carcinoma. [...]

Case Presentation: A 60-year-old woman with past medical history of Systemic Lupus Erythematous (SLE) on daily mycophenolate mofetil and hydroxychloroquine, Antiphospholipid Syndrome on warfarin, history of aneurysm s/p clipping and diabetes presented to an urgent care clinic due to severe headache and dizziness. During examination, she was noted to have hesitancy with neck flexion, prompting [...]

Case Presentation: An 80-year old woman with a PMH of a hemorrhagic R thalamic CVA, CKD3, HTN, HLD, T2DM presents for weakness and fevers in the setting of a 1 month long diffuse rash. The rash began on her legs, but spread to gluteal region, chest, arms, and palms/soles. The lesions started as blisters that [...]

Case Presentation: Our patient is a 66-year-old man, a former 100-pack year smoker, with a history of hypertension, gastroesophageal reflux, emphysema, who was diagnosed in September of 2019 with stage IV squamous cell lung cancer (PD-L1 0%). He was initiated on concurrent radiation with carboplatin and nab-paclitaxel. He had a partial response to this treatment [...]

Case Presentation: 70-year-old female with ILD and bullous pemphigoid (BP) on mycophenolate mofetil and prednisone initially presented to emergency room for hematuria and chills, where she was found to have elevated creatinine of 1.25 mg/dL (baseline creatinine 0.4 mg/dL) and prescribed a course of ciprofloxacin for hemorrhagic cystitis. She was admitted three days later due [...]

Case Presentation: A 37-year-old male with a history of bullous pemphigoid, sickle cell trait, and smoking, presented with 5 months of progressive dysphagia, oral lesions, and weight loss. Initiation of swallowing was intact, however the patient felt as though food was getting stuck mid- esophagus. The dysphagia began with solid food and progressed to liquids.Physical [...]

Case Presentation: A 22-year-old female with a history of immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) and asthma presented with fever, altered mental status, and bilateral lower extremity petechiae. She was previously taking hydroxychloroquine daily for ITP but discontinued it on her own eight months prior. She denied any new medications, recent animal exposures, insect bites, trauma, or recent [...]

Case Presentation: A 76-year-old man with history of diabetes mellitus, atrial fibrillation, colonic adenoma, and recent self-reported bed bug infestation presents with one month of pruritic rash. On interview, he also endorses progressive edema, dyspnea on exertion, orthopnea, as well as 5 days of melena. Admission exam is notable for anasarca and diffuse, tense fluid-filled [...]