Case Presentation: Introduction:Odynophagia can occur from a variety of conditions, most commonly from pharyngitis or esophagitis. Retropharyngeal or deep neck space infections need to be considered when odynophagia is accompanied with decreased ability to move the neck, fevers, and/or elevated white blood cell counts. Here, we present a case of an uncommon condition mimicking a [...]

Case Presentation: A 55-year-old woman presented with 7 days of progressively worsening posterior neck pain, a low grade fever, odynophagia and hoarseness of her voice. Her past medical history includes diabetes mellitus, hypertension and osteoarthritis. A day after onset of the pain, she went to her primary care physician’s office for evaluation. A throat culture [...]

Case Presentation: A 54-year-old male with hereditary spherocytosis, status-post splenectomy presented to the emergency room complaining of acute onset neck pain for 2 days. This was localized on the left side of his neck and associated with odynophagia. The patient endorsed mild headache but no photophobia or fever. His vital signs were stable with a [...]

Case Presentation: A 19-year-old man with a history of Chlamydia infection presented with lower extremity swelling, rash, arthralgia and fever for 6 days. He initially noticed pain and swelling localized to the left anterior shin which then spread to the left hip and left shoulder. He was sexually active with multiple female partners with inconsistent [...]