Case Presentation: A 29-year-old female with history of systemic lupus erythematous (SLE), hypertension, and cirrhosis presented to the ED with altered mental status and generalized weakness for 3 days. Physical exam revealed tachycardia, abdominal distension and tenderness, and weakness of her lower extremities. Labs showed WBC 17.2, total bilirubin 19.8, AST 106, ALT 19, and [...]

Case Presentation: A 19 year old female presented to the student clinic with fevers up to 103 degrees F recurring daily over a period of weeks. She endorsed diffuse body aches and nausea/vomiting. Two years prior, she was diagnosed with Kikuchi disease, a benign self-limited lymphadenitis, following a lymph node biopsy in Bangladesh. Symptoms at [...]

Case Presentation: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is known for its diverse clinical presentations. We present the case of a 41-year-old African American male prisoner with an initial presentation featuring bilateral submandibular, sublingual, and parotid swelling with concurrent facial angioedema and fever. The patient was presumed to have Ludwig’s Angina, yet initial treatment with broad spectrum [...]

Case Presentation: Lupus nephritis (LN) is a clinical manifestation of SLE that can be histologically categorized from class I-VI. One form of LN that is not included in the classification is lupus podocytopathy (LP). LP is a somewhat rare manifestation of SLE associated nephrotic syndrome that mimics minimal change disease (MCD) and is diagnosed via [...]