Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an acute viral illness affecting multiple systems caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2). Ever since its first detection in Wuhan, China in Nov 2019, SARS-CoV-2 has infected over 220 million people causing more than 4.5 million deaths worldwide and the numbers are increasing. [1] Dexamethasone, a steroid [...]

Case Presentation: A 60-year-old woman with no past medical history presented for evaluation of progressive dizziness with associated right-sided hearing loss. On exam, a fluctuant right occipital scalp abscess was noted. CT of the head was suspicious for mastoiditis. She underwent incision and drainage and was subsequently discharged with oral Amoxicillin-clavulanate. Her symptoms persisted for [...]

Case Presentation: The patient was a 27 year old male who presented to the ED in July 2016 with persistent left sided chest pain and a lump over his sternum of several weeks in duration. Pain was exacerbated by touch and exertion. Other symptoms included occasional episodes of scant hemoptysis. Patient denied SOB, fevers, chills, [...]

Case Presentation: A 50-year-old Filipino man with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes mellitus presented with 4 days of fever, abdominal pain and distention. He endorsed unintentional weight loss of 30lbs over the last year as well as a chronic cough. The physical exam was notable for bibasilar lung crackles and abdominal distention with diffuse tenderness [...]

Case Presentation: A 30 year old woman with a history of alcoholic cirrhosis, episodes of alcoholic hepatitis and pancreatitis, was transferred to a tertiary care hospital from a community hospital for a liver transplant evaluation. On admission, she had a MELD score of 33. The patient was not a candidate for liver transplant due to [...]

Case Presentation: 21F PMH asthma initially presented to the ED with low grade fevers and URI symptoms. She was 29 weeks pregnant at the time. In the ED she was worked up and found to be Influenza positive with a consolidation suspicious for CAP. Pt initially admitted to the ICU for presumed sepsis secondary to [...]

Case Presentation: A 68-year-old male with a past medical history of well controlled diabetes mellitus and chronic lymphocytic leukemia-in remission, presented with a painful right scrotal swelling and redness of four days. The patient denied any previous trauma to the region, urinary symptoms, and recent sexually activity. Ultrasound of the scrotum demonstrated moderate-to-severe epididymo-orchitis. Levofloxacin [...]

Case Presentation: A 22-year-old male with a history of substance abuse presented with a non-healing wound to the right lateral ankle. The wound began as a blister several months prior and had been worsening. Review of systems was negative for fever, chills, cough, fatigue, malaise.Physical examination was significant for a 5 cm annular hyperpigmented fungating [...]

Case Presentation: A 60-year-old man with no history of diabetes presented with right sided facial swelling and was found to have HbA1c of 14%. He was treated for sinusitis with augmentin and discharged with close follow-up for new-onset diabetes mellitus type 2. A few days later, he developed new left eye blindness necessitating readmission. On [...]

Case Presentation: A 38 yo male with PMH of alcohol abuse, motor vehicle collision a year prior to presentation, presented to the ED with back pain. Pt states that had back pain about a year ago right after the motor vehicle collision, which improved after a month. Then in the last 4 weeks, he has [...]