Background: Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a common complication of renal cell carcinoma or its treatment. It is unclear whether AKI, compared to inpatients with similar clinical and hospital-level characteristics without AKI, is associated with worse clinical outcomes and higher costs. To address this void, our study aimed to evaluate how an AKI diagnosis affects [...]

Case Presentation: Immunotherapy is an emerging therapeutic option in the field of oncology. Dermatological toxicities are the most prevalent immune-related adverse events associated with immunotherapy. Herein, we report a case of a 60-year-old male who developed localized bullous pemphigoid after nearly a year of treatment with a PD-1 inhibitor, nivolumab, for metastatic renal cell carcinoma. [...]

Case Presentation: 70-year-old male with a history of prior renal cell carcinoma, type 2 diabetes, CKD, and s/p nephrectomy was evaluated in an outside emergency department three times in one month for neck pain, fatigue, hypotension, and unexplained weight loss. However, his most recent visit included fevers and worsening muffled voice for 3 days. His [...]

Case Presentation: A 73 year old male patient was referred to our facility for further evaluation of abnormal cardiac imaging. Patient has no prior history of coronary artery disease, has history of stage I (pT1bN0M0) renal cell carcinoma (RCC) status post right nephrectomy 12 years prior to his presentation. He had no evidence of residual [...]

Case Presentation: A 46-year-old male with a history of HFpEF on Entresto presented for fatigue, lymphadenopathy, and severe back pain. He was diagnosed with Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC) and was pending oncologic evaluation. On admission, his potassium and platelet levels were within normal limits. However, within the next two weeks, those levels would rise. Potassium [...]

Case Presentation: A 76-year-old male with a history of allergic rhinitis presented to the hospital with four weeks of persistent dry cough. His cough is exacerbated by mild exertional activities and occurs at all hours. He had no nasal congestion, sore throat, hoarseness, hemoptysis, dyspnea, dysphagia, heartburn, or recent respiratory tract infection. He reported no [...]

Case Presentation: Introduction: Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is classically associated with the triad of abdominal pain, hematuria, and a palpable mass, but its variability in clinical presentation has earned it the label of “internist’s tumor” (1,2). Liver dysfunction has been observed as a result of metastatic disease and a non-metastatic paraneoplastic syndrome called Stauffer’s syndrome [...]

Case Presentation: A 73-year-old male with chronic kidney disease stage 4 from polycystic kidney disease, diabetes, and hypertension presented 2 days after having a peritoneal dialysis catheter placed complaining of dysphagia, dyspnea, abdominal pain, and worsening lower extremity edema. He was not known to have any prior heart or lung disease. His baseline creatinine was [...]

Case Presentation: A 68-year-old male presented to the hospital with declining mental status. His chronic medical conditions included stage IV renal cell carcinoma on nivolumab maintenance therapy, type II diabetes mellitus, chronic kidney disease, hypothyroidism on levothyroxine 150 mcg, and long-term opioid therapy for malignancy pain. He had a one-week duration of upper abdominal pain [...]

Case Presentation: A 69-year-old male with a history of bronchitis, colon polyps, and obstructive sleep apnea was admitted to the hospital for diarrhea and syncope with a low hemoglobin level of 8.4 and a cervical spine fracture. During his hospitalization, the patient noted a “lump” on his superior left tongue that he had first noticed [...]