Case Presentation: This case highlights a 31-year-old female who presented with severe post-prandial abdominal pain and night sweats who was identified to have marked thrombocytosis (2.5million) with only a mild leukocytosis(20K). The patient was admitted to the hospital for urgent evaluation given the risk of untreated extreme thrombocytosis. A bone marrow biopsy was conducted which [...]

Case Presentation: A 74 year old lady with past medical history of urothelial cancer on pembrolizumab, atrial fibrillation on warfarin, systemic hypertension, diabetes mellitus and stroke presented from an outside hospital to the urology service with complaints of abdominal pain, fever and altered mental status. Her vitals on presentation were within normal limits with physical [...]

Case Presentation: A 56-year-old female with a history of scleroderma, Sjogren’s syndrome, GERD, cirrhosis, HTN presented with abdominal pain for 3 days. She reported nausea without emesis, decreased oral intake, and no bowel movements or passing gas during this time. She denied fevers, night sweats, diarrhea, gastrointestinal bleeding, recent travel, swimming in lakes/rivers, ingesting unclean [...]

Case Presentation: A 58-year-old woman presented with abdominal pain, nausea, and oral intolerance. Her vitals were stable on admission, but physical exam revealed a distended abdomen with tenderness to palpation in the left lower quadrant and an absence of bowel sounds. Her laboratory results were remarkable only for a hemoglobin of 8.1, which appeared chronic. [...]