Oncology

A 72-year-old man presented to the hospital for an apparent thrombotic stroke. Regarding the present illness, the patient’s history began about 3 months prior, when a friend noticed that the patient’s left...

Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEi) are a common class of medication used to treat hypertension as a first-line therapy. Common side effects of ACEi include dry cough, hyperkalemia, and renal...

A 67-year-old man presented to the hospital with progressive shortness of breath for 4 days, which worsened with exertion and was relieved by rest. He also noted one episode of dark vomitus and one episode...

A 77-year-old man first presented to the emergency department (ED) due to hemoptysis and intermittent shortness of breath.

A 62-year-old woman presented to a palliative care clinic for follow-up of symptom management. She reported a recent fall after unexpectedly being shocked by her implantable cardioverter-defibrillator...

A 63-year-old man was admitted to the emergency department with left flank pain radiating into his chest. He had initially presented to an outside hospital and was transferred after 24 hours of observation...

A 51-year-old man presented to the emergency department (ED) with a 1-month history of abdominal pain, nausea, and non-bloody/non-bilious vomiting, which was associated with difficulty swallowing, decreased...

A 60-year-old man presented to the emergency room with a left upper extremity angiosarcoma secondary to chronic lymphedema of the left upper extremity.

A 13-year-old boy was admitted to the hospital with acute-onset dyspnea and chest pain, which had started 4 hours prior to presentation. The pain was described as persistent and pleuritic, radiating up the...

Men with breast cancer tend to have a worse prognosis than women, as they commonly have more advanced disease at diagnosis. While many practitioners utilize mammography screening for women, there is less...