Case Presentation: A 69-year-old man with a history of tobacco use and chronic cough presented with worsening productive cough and shortness of breath. He was found to have a right lower lobe consolidation on chest x-ray and leukocytosis of 27,000 white blood cells per microliter concerning for community-acquired pneumonia. Vital signs were initially normal, and [...]

Case Presentation: We describe a patient with relapsing polychondritis (RPC) who developed a complete heart block, mitral valve insufficiency and aortic root dilation. A 72-year-old man with a history of RPC presented with fatigue, lightheadedness and syncope, which was secondary to the new onset complete heart block (CHB). Further investigation showed an elevated C-reactive protein [...]

Case Presentation: A 76 year old male with past medical history of hypertension, hepatitis C, and unprovoked pulmonary embolism presented to an outside hospital with multiple complaints. He first noticed fatigue over weeks and then developed fevers for one week. He also endorsed several days of pain and swelling of bilateral lower extremities and severe [...]

Case Presentation: A 71-year-old man presented with 2 months of progressive diffuse weakness and myalgias to the point of not being able to ambulate without a cane. He noticed lumps on his left forearm during that time, which improved spontaneously. He also endorsed photophobia, right eye swelling, and pain worsened by extraocular movement. He had [...]