Case Presentation: Stress cardiomyopathy, also known as takutsubo cardiomyopathy, is a syndrome that causes transient cardiac apical akinesis or hypokinesis with concurrent basal hyperkinesis. This phenomenon occurs in the absence of angiographic evidence of obstructive coronary artery disease, often induced by emotional stress, and usually reverses within a few weeks to months. A rare variant [...]

Case Presentation: A 78-year-old African American female with a history of coronary artery disease (CAD) with stent placement, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia developed chest pain after being admitted for pulmonary embolism secondary to recently diagnosed pancreatic cancer. She was treated appropriately, but developed severe chest pain on day six of her stay. The patient’s vital signs [...]

Case Presentation: A 56-year-old man with type 2 diabetes and hypertension presented to the ER with uncontrolled blood sugars, intermittent nausea, vomiting, fevers, and a 15-pound unintentional weight loss over one month. He was recently hospitalized with similar symptoms, started on insulin, and evaluated for fevers with negative blood and urine cultures, which were attributed [...]

Case Presentation: Neuroendocrine tumors encompass a range of presentations, with pheochromocytomas (PCCs) accounting for most cases. PCCs are catecholamine-secreting tumors arising from the adrenal medulla, while paragangliomas (PGLs) represent a rarer subset (15-20%) originating from extra-adrenal chromaffin cells. Symptoms, including episodic or sustained hypertension, arise from catecholamine excess. Rarely, PGLs can present with intracerebral hemorrhage [...]

Case Presentation: A 56-year-old female presented to the ED complaining of epigastric abdominal pain for 5 days. Her past medical history was pertinent for a prior left upper extremity DVT. Her family history was positive for Factor V Leiden deficiency, for which she previously tested negative. She denied any pain radiation, nausea, vomiting, or change [...]