Case Presentation: A 14 y.o. male with acne presented to dermatology for follow up. Having failed multiple acne treatments he was started on isotretinoin. Approximately 6 weeks later he developed fatigue, non-purulent conjunctivitis, retrosternal chest pain associated with dyspnea, joint pains, and bilateral lower extremity muscle aches. He was evaluated by cardiology with normal cardiac [...]

Case Presentation: A 66-year-old woman with a past medical history of scleroderma, inflammatory lung disease, and remote bilateral breast cancer status post bilateral mastectomy and chemotherapy was admitted for lung biopsy. The patient developed flu-like symptoms and was started on oral antibiotics after she was seen in an urgent care clinic. Despite this, she developed [...]

Case Presentation: A 68-year-old woman with a past medical history of hypertension and relapsing Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (TTP) presented with acute kidney injury. She was diagnosed nine years ago with TTP and had three subsequent relapses; the last episode was seven years ago. She had undergone treatment with steroids, rituximab, and plasmapheresis. She was incidentally [...]

Case Presentation: 72-year-old male with a history of prostate cancer status post prostatectomy, recent diagnosis of pansinusitis and multiple bilateral pulmonary lesions and a mass-like consolidation of the left upper lobe presented complaining of dyspnea. He was receiving treatment for sinusitis and pneumonia with plans for outpatient bronchoscopy to rule out malignancy. On presentation, the [...]

Case Presentation: Our patient is a 77-year-old female with no past medical history who presented with two weeks of dyspnea on exertion, scant hemoptysis, and rhinorrhea with occasional blood. Vitals showed tachycardia, tachypnea, and hypoxia with saturations 95% on 15 L/min via heated high flow nasal cannula. Exam revealed accessory muscle use, faint bibasilar rales, [...]

Case Presentation: A 40-year-old male of Hispanic/Asian origin with a history of diabetes mellitus type II, hypertension, dyslipidemia, recurrent sinusitis and bilateral otitis media presented to the emergency department complaining of acute hand joints pain, nasal congestion and left ear pain. On physical examination, he appeared fatigued with no acute distress. He had prominent sinus [...]

Case Presentation: Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (GPA) is a rare necrotizing vasculitis characterized by chronic granulomatous inflammation and localized and systemic manifestations. It typically involves the upper airway, lungs, and kidneys, but potentially affects every organ with a highly variable clinical trajectory. Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage (DAH) is one of its least common pulmonary manifestations, characterized by [...]

Case Presentation: A 60-year-old female with a history of diabetes and a recent diagnosis of COVID-19 four weeks ago presented to the hospital with a persistent cough, fatigue, and poor appetite. She had been discharged two weeks prior for chest pain and shortness of breath, felt to be secondary to COVID-19 induced myopericarditis. She was [...]

Case Presentation: A 62 year old male with history of rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis due to anti-glomerular basement membrane (anti-GBM) disease who remains dialysis dependent after failing to respond to steroids and plasmapheresis eight months ago presented with two months of worsening vision and frontal headaches. The patient also has chronic systolic heart failure with an [...]

Case Presentation: A 52-year-old female with a medical history of chronic sinusitis and recurrent pneumonia secondary to granulomatous disease presents with new onset AKI, worsening fatigue, malaise, weight loss, and transaminitis. She was given Solu-medrol, transitioned to prednisone with improvement. Chest X-ray revealed a patchy airspace opacity in the right middle lobe, concerning for pneumonia [...]