Case Presentation: A 70-year-old male with history of coronary artery disease, paroxysmal atrial flutter, hypertension, prostate cancer presented to the ED due to purulent discharge from his penis and was found incidentally to have COVID-19 on nasal swab. He was started on vancomycin, cefepime, and fluconazole for complicated penile cellulitis. For COVID-19 he was started [...]

Case Presentation: An 82-year-old woman with a history of OA and asthma presented with 3-week dry cough, SOB, poor appetite, and generalized weakness. She saw her PCP prior to admission and was prescribed prednisone for suspected asthma exacerbation which she took for 2 days without improvement. On presentation, she had a low-grade fever of 100.2⁰F [...]

Case Presentation: A 28-year-old man with a history of non-seminomatous testicular cancer presents after four cycles of chemotherapy that included bleomycin with three weeks of dyspnea and pleuritic chest pain, worse for the previous week. He reports his chest pain began after his third cycle of chemotherapy. With each cycle of chemotherapy, he experiences several [...]

Case Presentation: A 58-year-old man was brought to the emergency room by his friend for self-neglect. Approximately one year ago, the patient’s mother died. He has been afraid to eat since. Instead, nutritional intake was exclusively liquid and consisted of water, Gatorade and Boost meal supplement. He lost 200 pounds over the past year. Somatic [...]

Case Presentation: An 18 year male presented to the ED with complaints of 48 hours of chest pain radiating towards the neck associated with a sensation of fullness of the upper chest.  He began a vigorous bench pressing regimen about two weeks prior to admission (PTA) with last session 5 days PTA. History is remarkable [...]

Case Presentation: A 17-year-old female with a past medical history of allergic rhinitis presents as transfer from an outside hospital for hemoptysis and chest pain. She reports three episodes of ¼ cup worth of bright red blood occurring within the last six months. No reported triggers and no history of trauma, smoking, vaping, lung or [...]

Case Presentation: A 69-year-old male with past medical history of bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and substance abuse presented to the ED with suicidal and homicidal ideations, and hallucinations. He tested positive for COVID-19 at an outside hospital a week prior to presentation. He endorsed subjective fevers and productive cough with non-bloody sputum and denied dyspnea, chest [...]

Case Presentation: A 48-year-old male with no significant past medical history presented with shortness of breath and midsternal chest pain after eating a bagel. Patient reported a globus sensation in his esophagus followed by multiple episodes of forceful retching prior to arrival. The patient denied a previous history of dysphagia or gastroesophageal reflux disease. In [...]

Case Presentation: The patient is a 32-year-old female who presented with a five week history of chest pain that radiated to the left shoulder and back with associated chest wall bruising that resolved prior to presentation. Pain was 7/10 in intensity, worsened with deep inspiration, positional, and associated with mild dyspnea. Medical history includes rheumatoid [...]