Case Presentation: A previously healthy 54-year-old African American woman with a history of chronic constipation and tobacco use disorder presented to the emergency department with a 3-day history of intermittent left lower quadrant (LLQ) cramping abdominal pain which radiated to her back and an associated 5-day history of fatigue. She had no prior colonoscopy. On [...]

Case Presentation: A 94-year-old man with no significant past medical history presented to the Emergency Department with a two week history of progressively worsening constipation accompanied by nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain. He denied any hematochezia, melena, change in stool caliber or unintentional weight loss. He had never undergone a colonoscopy. He had tried stool [...]

Case Presentation: A 43-year-old Caucasian woman with stage IV rectal adenocarcinoma metastatic to liver and lung presented with new onset generalized tonic clonic seizures. She was receiving her second line treatment with 5-FU continuous infusion Day number 7 of 7 of the 5th cycle. This was preceded by confusion and altered mentation since the previous [...]

Case Presentation: A 60-year-old man with a history of peptic ulcer disease presented to the emergency room with a two-month history of sharp right lower quadrant abdominal pain that worsened with oral intake, nausea, vomiting, an unintentional 25-pound weight loss, and occasional hematochezia. He denied regular NSAID use, melena, early satiety, heartburn, odynophagia, or dysphagia. [...]