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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 ...
A case of documents in the cloud : what changes DocumentCloud brings to the practices of daily reporting
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
of such influence varies from case to case: study participants indicated that DocumentCloud makes reporting easier, faster, helps them foster the credibility of their reporting, brings more structure and order to their routines. The study found that often decision...
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 ...
Papillary thyroid carcinoma arising from a mature teratoma in a cryptorchid testis : a case report
(2010)
of testicular metastases from solid tumors, and there are no reports of primary thyroid carcinomas metastasizing to the testis. We report the case of a 56 year old man who was found to have a cryptorchid testis containing a mature teratoma with malignant somatic...
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...
The Ryan Ferguson case: an examination of a strange murder and conviction
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
There is no longer any question that wrongful convictions for serious criminal offenses can occur. Indeed, some such cases have been unearthed by enterprising journalists. Though uncovering injustice after it has occurred has value, a perhaps more...
Birth controlled: A case study of 2014 contraception news frames
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
. This research examines how Fox News and CNN politicized and polarized contraception by reporting on court cases. This case study intends to highlight how news organizations employed frames that further politicized and polarized a contraception over the course...
Primary amyloidosis-a case report and future investigations [abstract]
(2010)
hepatic involvement. We report a case of a previously healthy 54-year-old patient with primary systemic amyloidosis presenting as liver failure....
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...
A rare case of upper gastrointestinal bleeding : gastro-splenic fistula
(2021)
Background: Gastrosplenic fistula (GSF) is a rare entity. Reported etiologies of GSF are splenic or gastric malignancies, splenic abscess, Crohn’s disease, gastric ulcers, and abdominal trauma. Here, we present a case of GSF from gastric ulcer...