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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 ...
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, 2011-11)
Case report : Unusual cause of recurrent pneumonia
(University of Missouri. Department of Medicine. Division of Hospital Medicine, 2011-03)
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 ...
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...
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....
Unusual presentation of Coxsackie B rhabdomyolysis : Case report and literature review
(University of Missouri, Department of Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine, 2014-10)
Coxsackie virus infections occur throughout the year, but have an increased in the summer and fall (1). It is often self-limited and resolves with only symptomatic treatment, but the virus has been linked to rhabdomyolysis in case reports. Though...
Case Reports : Rheumatoid pleural effusions and trapped lung : An uncommon complication of rheumatoid arthritis
(University of Missouri, Department of Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine, 2015-04)
-articular manifestations (EAMs) that can occur at any time duringthe course of the disease. EAMs affect an estimated 18-41[percent] of patients with RA (1). Renal, pulmonary cardiovascular, nervous, and integumentary system manifestations have all been described. Our case...
An unusual case of late recurrent Hodgkin lymphoma presenting with soft tissue masses
(University of Missouri, Department of Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine, 2015-07)
Hodgkin lymphoma remains primarily a nodal disease. Extranodal involvement in Hodgkin lymphoma is less common than that seen in non-Hodgkin lymphoma. In particular, extranodal Hodgkin lymphoma involving soft tissues is extremely rare. We report a...
Case of the month
(University of Missouri, Department of Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine, 2009-10)
A 23 year old Caucasian male, with no significant past medial history, was admitted to University Hospital for evaluation of fever, chills and back pain. The patient reported that, five days prior to admission, he developed intermittent fever...
Analysis of severe elevated thunderstorms over frontal surfaces using DCIN and DCAPE
(MDPI AG, 2019)
A 10-year study of elevated severe thunderstorms was performed using The National Centers for Environmental Information Storm Events Database. A total of 80 elevated thunderstorm cases were identified, verified, and divided into "Prolific...