Case Presentation: The patient was a 27 year old male who presented to the ED in July 2016 with persistent left sided chest pain and a lump over his sternum of several weeks in duration. Pain was exacerbated by touch and exertion. Other symptoms included occasional episodes of scant hemoptysis. Patient denied SOB, fevers, chills, [...]

Case Presentation: A 91-year-old healthy Taiwanese female presented with a worsening skin lesion on her right forearm. Initially, she had mild skin breakdown, which progressed to redness, swelling and increased warmth to the touch. The patient noted some purple spots in her lower extremities, especially around her right knee. The female patient denied any swollen [...]

Case Presentation: A 54-year-old- man with past medical history of Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, recurrent Herpes simplex virus lesion, prurigo nodularis, presented with generalized weakness for one week. On physical examination, diffuse cervical, inguinal and popliteal lymphadenopathy was noted. Echocardiogram showed moderate pericardial effusion, which prompted the patient to undergo emergent pericardiocentesis in the setting of [...]