Case Presentation: A 52 year-old man was hospitalized for hypoxia one month after surgery for ruptured appendicitis. He also reported abdominal pain and steatorrhea along with a 50 pound weight loss in five months. On exam he was anicteric but cachectic. CT pulmonary angiogram on admission revealed peripheral-based pulmonary lesions concerning for septic emboli and [...]

Case Presentation: A 61-year-old female awoke one morning to thirty minutes of right sided weakness and slurred speech prompting hospital admission for stroke. Treatment with metronidazole and ciprofloxacin for colitis diagnosed two days ago was continued in hospital. Diffusion weighted imaging (DWI) of the brain MRI revealed infarctions in multiple vascular territories involving bilateral cerebral [...]

Case Presentation: A 49-year-old man with metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinoma diagnosed three months ago and not yet on therapy presented to the emergency room with symptoms of nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain for one day. Computed tomography of the abdomen and pelvis showed splenic infarcts, bilateral renal infarcts, and increased size of hepatic metastases. On the [...]