Case Presentation: A 37 year-old female with history of menorrhagia on oral contraceptives (OCP) for 2 months, presented with abrupt onset of right lower quadrant abdominal pain (RLQ) for 1 day. Pain was 10/10, constant, sharp, with radiation to right flank, without alleviating factors. Pain was associated with nausea and multiple episodes of vomiting. She [...]

Case Presentation: A 54 year-old Hispanic man with a history of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and glioblastoma multiforme treated with right parietal craniotomy and temozolomide, presented with fever, headache, and odynophagia. He reported a week of odynophagia with solids and liquids, worsening headaches, and fever of 100.4 F. His last cycle of temozolomide and radiation [...]

Case Presentation: A 36 y/o African American female with a history of hypertension, possible congenital right renal atrophy, and endometriosis, presented with a two-day history of severe left flank and abdominal pain similar to her prior endometriosis flares. She noted no personal or family history of thromboembolic disorders. On physical exam, vitals were significant for [...]

Case Presentation: A 39 year old female presented on day 10, status post (s/p) laparoscopic gastric sleeve, with nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain and loose mucoid stools intermittently since surgery. She had history of rheumatoid arthritis, morbid obesity, with provoked lower extremity deep venous thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE) who had previous IVC filter and [...]

Case Presentation: A 66-year-old male with a past medical history of left frontal Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) with recent resection, radiation therapy, and temozolomide presented to the emergency department with chest pain. CT chest revealed bilateral subsegmental pulmonary embolisms for which a heparin drip was initiated. Duplex also shows a right lower extremity DVT. Given recent [...]