Case Presentation: A 73-year-old woman with past medical history of hypertension, deep venous thrombosis and chronic kidney disease presented with nausea, vomiting, abdominal distension, weight loss and progressive deconditioning. Physical exam showed temporal wasting, abdominal distension with fluid wave, upper extremity sarcopenia, 3+ bilateral lower extremity edema, and generalized weakness impairing ability to walk. Creatinine [...]

Case Presentation: We present a case of a 42-year-old woman admitted to the ICU for management of suspected septic shock. She presented with right lower quadrant and back pain for the past day, fever, nausea, and vomiting. Her blood pressure was 70/46 mm of Hg and examination was significant for right lower abdominal quadrant tenderness. [...]

Case Presentation: The patient is a 35-year-old female who presented to the emergency department with a chief complaint of abdominal swelling and 10-pound weight gain over the last month. She also reported diffuse abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting during this time. She had a past medical history of fibromyalgia. She had no relevant social or [...]

Case Presentation: A 43-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital for increasing lower extremity swelling and dyspnea on exertion. Past medical history is pertinent for hypertension, obesity, and stroke. A few months prior, she had a hysterectomy for leiomyomata. Physical examination was within normal limits except for jugular venous distension and irregular heart rate and [...]

Case Presentation: A 51-year-old female with history of mitral valve prolapse, uterine cysts presented as a transfer from an OSH for evaluation of a right atrium (RA) and IVC clot vs tumor. She was admitted after screening echocardiogram (echo) showed possible clot in the RA. CT PE demonstrated possible mass vs multiple clots from the [...]

Case Presentation: Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) is a rare multisystemic disease of uncertain etiology that can have a dramatic presentation with spontaneous pneumothorax. We describe the management of a case of LAM in a healthy individual in the setting of a community hospital.A 44-year-old female with a history of smoking and vaping presented with acute onset shortness [...]