Case Reports

Case Reports

Challenges and Considerations in Treating Negative and Cognitive Symptoms of Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders

Author:

Alison Krauss, PhD

Jared Bernard, PhD

Olaoluwa O. Okusaga, MD, MScPHR

The prototypical patient with schizophrenia spectrum disorders (SSDs) is often thought to possess positive symptoms. However, patients with SSDs...

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A Patient With Recurrent Immune Stromal Keratitis and Adherence Challenges

Author:

Amanda Glickman, OD

Amanda Hunter, OD

Paul B. Greenberg, MD, MPH

Ezra Galler, MD

Joseph Mega, OD

John Sellechio, OD

Immune stromal keratitis should be considered in any patient with unilateral corneal edema, opacification, or neovascularization, and is best...

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Catheter-Directed Retrieval of an Infected Fragment in a Vietnam War Veteran

Author:

Ahmed Elgazzar

Abeer Chaudhary

Lance Klosterman, MD

A veteran sustained a shrapnel injury to his left lower abdomen while serving in the Vietnam War, and nearly 50 years later presented with a...

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Successful Use of Lanadelumab in an Older Patient With Type II Hereditary Angioedema

Author:

Maj Tasha Hellu, DO

Maj Samuel Weiss, MD

Lt Col Derek Smith, MD

Background: Type II hereditary angioedema (HAE) is a rare, genetic disorder characterized by recurring subcutaneous and/or...

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Prolonged Drug-Induced Hypersensitivity Syndrome/DRESS With Alopecia Areata and Autoimmune Thyroiditis

Author:

2LT Kathleen Krivda, USA

LTC John Campagna, MD, USA

MAJ Salvatore Mignano, DO, USA

COL Sunghun Cho, MD, USA

Drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms is a severe cutaneous adverse reaction that may require prolonged treatment until symptoms...

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SARS-CoV-2: A Novel Precipitant of Ischemic Priapism

Author:

Lorraine Mascarenhas, MD

Danielle Hron, MD

Brent Cleveland, MD

Philipp Dahm, MD

Aaron Boothby, MD

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Nodular Sclerosing Hodgkin Lymphoma With Paraneoplastic Cerebellar Degeneration

Author:

LCDR Denise Teh, DO

LT Hunter Culp, MD

Aaron Venable, MD

An atypical case of a young adult female patient with slow progressive onset of paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration symptoms was diagnosed and...

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Insulin Injection-Site Acanthosis Nigricans: Skin Reactions and Clinical Implications

Author:

Megan Hower, MS, RD

Harrison Shawa

Apra Sood, MD

Joshua Schulman, MD

Mary Julius, RD

Ajay Sood, MD

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Approach to Pancytopenia in a Deployed Service Member

Author:

Steven J. Gibson, MD

Benjamin Swanson, MD

Carl R. Tischbein, MD

Kathleen E. Bathon

Karen J. Shou

Karen G. Zeman

Background: Pancytopenia is a result of increased destruction or decreased production of bone marrow cells and has a broad...

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Simultaneous Cases of Carfilzomib-Induced Thrombotic Microangiopathy in 2 Patients With Multiple Myeloma

Author:

Nathaniel J. Myall, MD

Samantha X. Wang, MD

Evan T. Hall, MD

Wesley H. Witteles, MD

Lawrence Leung, MD

Tamara J. Dunn, MD

Wan-Jen Hong, MD

In patients with multiple myeloma, thrombotic microangiopathy is a rare adverse event associated with proteasome inhibitors, such as bortezomib,...

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