Case Reports
Case Reports
Understanding Psychosis in a Veteran With a History of Combat and Multiple Sclerosis
A patient with significant combat history and previous diagnoses of multiple sclerosis and unspecified schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic...
Case Reports
Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome With Severe Neurologic Complications in an Adult
The case of a female presenting with Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli and hemolytic uremic syndrome highlights a severe neurologic...
Case Reports
Bacteroides Fragilis Vertebral Osteomyelitis and Discitis: “Back” to Susceptibility Testing
Genetic testing of anaerobic isolates is important for proper antimicrobial stewardship to identify the appropriate narrow-spectrum treatment for...
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Testicular Swelling as an Initial Presentation of a Patient With Metastatic Gastric Cancer
While signet-ring cell morphology in the testes might represent metastatic spread from an extragonadal adenocarcinoma, a rare variant of primary...
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A Veteran Presenting With Altered Mental Status and Clonus
A 69-year-old male veteran with a medical history of COPD, coronary artery disease, heart failure with reduced ejection fraction, and significant...
Case Reports
Cervical Pannus Without Rheumatoid Arthritis or Trauma
Although usually seen in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, cervical pannus also can develop in patients who have had spine surgery.
Case Reports
Infected Bronchogenic Cyst With Left Atrial, Pulmonary Artery, and Esophageal Compression
Ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration was used successfully for both diagnosis and treatment of a rare bronchogenic cyst caused by an...
Case Reports
A Nervous Recipient of a “Tongue Lashing”
A veteran with a history of mental illness and drug and alcohol misuse developed a bleeding lesion on his tongue, which raised concerns of self-...
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Small Bowel Obstruction in a Surgically Naïve Abdomen
Finding the cause of small bowel obstructions can lead to the discovery of important and treatable underlying disease.
Case Reports
Incidentally Discovered Ochronosis Explaining Decades of Chronic Pain
Although commonly detected early in life, alkaptonuria, a rare congenital metabolic disorder, can be challenging to diagnosis and treat in older...