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Elder mistreatment : a case report
(University of Missouri, Department of Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine, 2018-07)
Elder mistreatment may become increasingly apparent as the elderly population continues to grow. Due to their knowledge and skills, physicians have a unique role in the multidisciplinary teams that care for such patients. This case report examines...
Case Report : Widespread rash in an immunocompromised 31-year-old female : Case report and literature search
(University of Missouri, Department of Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine, 2015-04)
A 31-year-old female presents with a widespread vesicular and papular rash involving her anterior and posterior trunk, proximal extremities, neck, and face with sparing of soles and palms. Her past medical history is ...
Case Reports : Two patients with parathyroid hormone suppression caused by proton pump inhibitors
(University of Missouri, Department of Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine, 2017-07)
Hypocalcemia can be associated with coexisting hypomagnesemia, which induces hypoparathyroidism as well as resistance to parathyroid hormone (PTH). Here, we present two patients with severe hypomagnesemia and associated ...
Case Reports : Meckel's diverticulum found on virtual capsule endoscopy
(University of Missouri, Department of Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine, 2015-10)
A healthy 39-year-old Caucasian male presented to an emergency department with three episodes of hematochezia over two days, along with a syncopal episode and diaphoresis. An upper endoscopy revealed mild esophagitis and ...
Case Reports : Topiramate, a concealed cause of severe metabolic acidosis
(University of Missouri, Department of Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine, 2017-07)
to suspicion and diagnosis of topiramate toxicity and was confirmed by elevated blood topiramate levels. Additionally, we provide a review of literature on all reported cases of topiramate toxicity. Keywords: Topiramate, metabolic acidosis, migraine, altered...
Case report
(University of Missouri, Department of Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine, 2009-11)
A 44 year-old man with a history of recurrent deep vein thromboses and pulmonary embolism was admitted to the hospital with bilateral pulmonary emboli and an acute, non-occlusive DVT of the left common femoral vein. He had ...
The Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome: A Report of 71 Cases and Literature Review
(Raven Press, 1993-02)
This study reviews 71 patients who presented between 1968 and 1988 with recurrent, self-limited episodes of nausea and vomiting separated by symptom-free intervals and were diagnosed with cyclic vomiting syndrome (CVS). ...
Estrogen-induced pancreatitis : transgender females at risk
(University of Missouri, Department of Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine, 2018-07)
with as many as 40 known reported cases in women and only one other reported case in a transgender female. The presumed mechanism is estrogen-induced hypertriglyceridemia as triglyceride levels were documented as greater than 1,000 mg/dL in most diagnosed...
Case report : Unusual cause of recurrent pneumonia
(University of Missouri. Department of Medicine. Division of Hospital Medicine, 2011-03)
Case Report : Unusual cause of recurrent pneumonia
(University of Missouri. Department of Medicine. Division of Hospital Medicine, 2011-11)
Case report
(University of Missouri, Department of Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine, 2009-01)
A 76 year old male was transferred to MU for management of pneumonia and rhabdomyolysis. He gave a history of cough, green sputum, fever, chills and malaise for the past several weeks; these symptoms did not improve after ...
Case report
(University of Missouri, Department of Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine, 2009-12)
A 62 year old female was admitted to the hospital for elective, two-stage spinal surgery. She had a history of type 2 diabetes mellitus, hypertension, anemia, subclinical hypothyroidism, mild mental retardation, Ogilvie's ...
Development of warfarin-induced, non-uremic calciphylaxis following recovery from COVID-19 infection with acute renal injury -- a report of a case.
(University of Missouri, Department of Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine, 2022-01)
Herein we report a case of an obese female presenting with calciphylaxis after a prolonged hospital course due to COVID-19, with multiple complications including now-recovered acute renal failure and deep venous thrombosis requiring treatment...
Rapid sarcomatous transformation of lung squamous cell carcinoma after neoadjuvant therapy: a case report
(2020)
mortality. Radiotherapy has previously been implicated as a etiologic agent resulting in this transformation.
Here, we present a case which was initially diagnosed as squamous cell carcinoma on biopsy and a year later showed rapid progression and presented...
Non-ketonic hyperglycemia presenting with acute hemichorea and ballism
(University of Missouri, Department of Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine, 2018-07)
unnecessary investigations. In this case report, we report the case of an elderly woman who presented with hemichorea-ballism due to non-ketotic hyperglycemia and discuss the literature on this presentation. We also highlighted the differential diagnosis based...
Case Reports : Isolated intestinal angioedema induced by an ACE-inhibitor
(University of Missouri, Department of Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine, 2015-07)
INTRODUCTION: We report a case of isolated angioedema in a patient who presented with severe abdominal pain shortly after starting Lisinopril for treatment of hypertension. CASE DESCRIPTION: A 26 year old female presented with diffuse abdominal pain...
Persistent meningeal signs despite previous treatment for cryptococcal meningitis -- a case report
(University of Missouri, Department of Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine, 2022-07)
Cryptococcal meningitis continues to be a life-threatening fungal infection in patients with HIV. Treatment involves a year of antifungal therapy, and persistent meningeal signs months after treatment initiation are uncommon. We report a case of a...
Headache : Could it be esophageal cancer?
(University of Missouri, Department of Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine, 2018-01)
Brain metastasis in patients with primary esophageal carcinoma is rare and has a poor prognosis. Here we report a case with brain metastasis as the initial presentation for patient's esophageal cancer....
Severe babesiosis in an asplenic patient requiring red cell exchange
(University of Missouri, Department of Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine, 2023-01)
reported with debate about its efficacy. Here, we report a complex case of babesiosis with a parasitemia of 22% that required two red cell exchange procedures and multiple antibiotics in a patient with a history of asplenia....
The case against teacher certification
(National Affairs, Inc., 1998)
The system by which the nation trains and licenses its public school teachers recently came under sharp attack from an organization called the National Commission on Teaching and America's Future (NCTAF). In its 1996 report, What Matters Most...