Case Presentation: This patient was a 32 year old male with one week of fevers, coughing, and shortness of breath. On examination, the patient was tachycardic with an oxygen saturation of 85%. He had increased work of breathing with accessory muscle use, but no crackles or wheezing. Complete blood count showed leukocytosis. CT angiogram showed [...]

Case Presentation: A man in his 70s with history of benign prostate hypertrophy, diverticulosis, and polymyalgia rheumatica with previously elevated RF and anti-CCP serologies who first developed sinus symptoms and recurrent pneumonias four years prior to his current presentation. At that time, he had CT chest imaging demonstrate bronchiectasis and spirometry reveal an obstructive ventilatory [...]

Case Presentation: A 74-year-old female with a past medical history of chronic pulmonary emboli, left ventricular heart failure, and hypertension presented with shortness of breath on exertion and bilateral lower extremity edema for one week. On examination, she was found to have jugular venous distention, crackles in bilateral lung bases, and 3+ pitting peripheral edema. [...]

Case Presentation: A 19-year-old female with past medical history of asthma, GERD, and anxiety presented with chief complaint of dyspnea, fever, pleuritic chest pain, and vomiting. She was diagnosed with community acquired pneumonia based on multifocal opacities on CT and started on ceftriaxone and azithromycin with initial improvement of symptoms and leukocytosis. On hospital day [...]

Case Presentation: Clinical presentation: A 69-year-old female presented to the emergency for shortness of breath and bilateral low extremity edema. She had a history of chronic dyspnea and hypoxia on baseline 2 liters of oxygen and reported worsening dyspnea on minimal exertion for the week prior to admission. Review of symptoms was significant for wheezing [...]

Case Presentation: This case underscores the diagnostic challenge of pulmonary Kaposi’s Sarcoma (KS) in HIV/AIDS patients, emphasizing oral mucosal lesions as significant markers, especially alongside biopsy-proven results when bronchoscopy findings are negative.A 36-year-old HIV/AIDS male ([CD4 3 cells/mm³, viral load 1.4 million copies/mL]), with a history of cryptococcal meningitis, presented with a 3-week history of [...]