Vivekanand Tatineni, DO; William Christopher Baughman, MD; Keara O'Connell, MD; Vikas Jain, MD
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 22-year-old man presented to our emergency department with a 6-day history of intermittent fever, shortness of breath, cough, diarrhea, and chills. He had gone to a bar with friends who were visiting from...
A 60-year-old man with no significant medical history presented to the emergency department (ED) with a 5-week history of fevers and chills associated with night sweats, decreased appetite, and a 0.9-kg...
Approximately 2.5% of adrenal masses represent metastatic disease, and 5% are adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC). Given the poor prognosis associated with ACC, early diagnosis and curative resection are...
Obesity hypoventilation syndrome (OHS) is a potentially unrecognized complication of obesity that carries a significant health care burden and worrisome morbidity and mortality rates. OHS appears to be a...
Sarcoidosis will remain a diagnostic challenge in the 21st century by virtue of its protean manifestations and presentations. The difficulties in ascertaining a correct diagnosis have posed a clinical...
Prednisone is a prodrug. Prednisone is a glucocorticoid. Prednisone is a mineralocorticoid. But is prednisone a poison? What have patients taught us about prednisone?
