Case Presentation: A 57-year-old incarcerated male with end stage renal disease (ESRD) on hemodialysis, coronary artery disease (CAD), and Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) presented to the emergency department with several episodes of hematemesis, shortness of breath and fatigue for the past 2 days without any associated abdominal pain, dysphagia, or odynophagia. On exam, he was [...]

Case Presentation: The patient is a 23 years old Hispanic male with no significant past medical history presented to the ED with the chief complaints of sore throat, headache, nausea, vomiting for 5 days. He was at his baseline health status 5 days ago, when he started noticing malaise, followed by sore throat and fever. [...]

Case Presentation: A 32-year-old man with no significant past medical history presented with one day of respiratory distress and fever, sore throat, left neck pain and cough for 3 days. He appeared acutely ill, febrile, tachycardic and tachypneic. Lung exam revealed bronchial breath sounds and crepitation on bilateral lower lobes. Laboratory studies revealed neutrophilic leukocytosis and a normal [...]

Case Presentation: A 66-year-old Caucasian female presented with persistent fever (38.7 degrees Celsius) and non-productive cough with onset 4 weeks prior, and despite 2 courses of antibiotics, she developed right-sided neck swelling and pain about 2 weeks prior to admission.  Significant medical history included Immunoglobulin G (IgG) deficiency that was diagnosed nine months prior, and [...]

Case Presentation: A 25 year old male with history of recurrent left seminoma, on Cycle one and Day 15 of bleomycin, etoposide, and platinum (BEP) combination chemotherapy admitted from infusion center reporting new onset of dry cough, shortness of breath, solid food odynophagia and dysphagia. Symptoms began suddenly after a meal of chicken with rice. [...]

Case Presentation: A healthy 19-year-old female presented to the emergency department with 6 days of progressively worsening fever, chills, body aches, sore throat, and a negative outpatient work-up for COVID, influenza, RSV, strep, and monospot. She appeared in acute respiratory distress, reporting new pleuritic chest pain, trismus, severe right neck pain, and tender lymphadenopathy. Her [...]