Submissions from 2022
Schwannomatosis Presenting With a Grade IV Glioblastoma: A Case Report and Literature Review, Nardine Abdelsayed, Zachary Bondranko, and Peter Montesano
An Unusual Case of Hypoxia: A Case of Right-to-Left Interatrial Shunting in a Patient With a Patent Foramen Ovale and Normal Pulmonary Pressure, Nardine Abdelsayed, Richard Duff, and Mohamed Faris
Acute Isolated Thrombocytopenia Secondary to Meloxicam Use: A Case Report, Nardine Abdelsayed, Michael Frost, and William Betz
SARS-CoV-2 Complicated by a Large Hemorrhagic Pericardial Effusion, Nardine Abdelsayed, Benjamin Mckinney, and Mary Carter
A Case of Intractable Vomiting: Was It the Celiac Artery Compression?, Nardine Abdelsayed, Kevin Parza, and Mohamed Faris
Role of Neutrophil to Lymphocyte Ratio in Diagnosis and Prognosis of Severe COVID Infection, Sherif Abuserewa, Eric K. Shaw, Leslie Hart, Cari Jennings, and Richard Duff
Pulmonary Hypertension in Pregnancy: Challenges and Solutions., Hesham Afify, Alexander Kong, Jopher Bernal, and Islam Y Elgendy
Acute Multiple Sclerosis Exacerbation After Vaccination With the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 Vaccine: Novel Presentation and First Documented Case Report, Younus Al-Midfai, Winy Kujundzic, Simrun Uppal, Darby Oakes, and Sardinas Giezy
Acute Pancreatitis After Bariatric Surgery: Case Report and Rare Presentation, Younus Al-Midfai, Darby Oakes, Simrun Uppal, and Carlos A. Lopez
The First Documented Case of Marchiafava-Bignami Disease with Concurrent Bilateral Deep Vein Thrombosis, Younus Al-Midfai, Gehan A. Pendlebury, Peter Oro, Kerstyn Ludlow, and Jose Urrutia-Madrid
Fix the Heart, Damage the Gut: A Case Report and Literature Review of Ablation-Induced Gastroparesis, Mrhaf Alsamman, Bilal Ashraf, Bernard Dankyi, and Niti Aggarwal
Heart Block as a Rare Complication of Tricuspid Valve Endocarditis: Awareness is the Key, Mrhaf Alsamman, Jing Hao Du, Naser Mubarak, Anamarys Blanco, and Kenneth Iyamu
A Possible Cephalexin-Induced Cutaneous Vasculitis, Alma Aveytia Camacho, Justin Stubbs, and Pedro A. Blandon
Achenbach Syndrome: A Case Series, Azin Azarfar and Shazia Beg
Chronic Uncontrolled Hypothyroidism Associated With Dysphonia and Concurrent Pericardial Effusion, Rishu Batra, Gordon Glober, Andrew Gonedes, Jay Patel, Esra Sari, and Jessica El-Bahri
A Rare Case of Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis in an Adult, Brian Behnke, Nikhilesh Srinivasan, Irene Soesilo, and Ryan Spilman
Symptomatic Improvement in Cicatricial Pemphigoid of the Trachea Achieved with Laser Ablation Bronchoscopy, Elizabeth Benge, Vincent Tran, Nazanin Sheikhan, Sapna Bhatia, Yi McWhorter, John Collier, and Arnold Chung
Subacute Combined Degeneration of the Cervical Spine Secondary to Inhaled Nitrous-Oxide-Induced Cobalamin Deficiency., Larissa Check, Nardine Abdelsayed, Gabriela Figueroa, Aditya Ragunathan, and Mohamed Faris
Severe Trichotillomania: An Unusual Trigger of Recurrent Diabetic Ketoacidosis, Larissa Check, Gabriela Figueroa, Lidice Galindo, Jamie Pham, and Robert Sherertz
Eustachian Valve Infective Endocarditis: A Rare Consequence of Implanted Venous Access Ports, Larissa Check, Lidice Galindo, Gabriela Figueroa, Robert Sherertz, and Shashi Nagabandi
A Case of Complete Heart Block Presenting as Resistant Hypertensive Emergency, Larissa Check, Andreas Montano, and Mohamed Faris
Case of Multi-Drug Resistant Nocardia nova as the Causative Agent of Cervical Spine Osteomyelitis in an Immunocompetent Adult, Larissa Check, Aditya Ragunathan, Nicolina M. Scibelli, and Andrew Mangano
Correlation of Pyuria and Bacteriuria in Acute Care, Bo Cheng, Mufrad Zaman, and William Cox
Correlation of Pyuria and Bacteriuria in Acute Care., Bo Cheng, Mufrad Zaman, and William Cox
Granulicatella adiacens Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis Presenting as Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage and Infection-Related Glomerulonephritis, Kevin Dao, Pooja Patel MD, Kunjan Udani, Erin Pollock, and Maryam Gondal
Severe Gastric Mucosal Necrosis Due to Giant Paraesophageal Hernia, Patrick Duplan, Humdoon L. Choudhry, Mohammad Memon, Daniel Klein, and Dilip Ghanekar
Bartonella henselea Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis Mimicking Vasculitis: A Case Report With Literature Review, Troy J. Fishman, Efrain Irizarry, Ayesha Kaleem, Robert Yancey, and Uma Iyer
Russell Body Esophagitis: A Possible Indication to Screen for Hematologic Malignancy., Glenn E. Garcia Jr, Muhammed R Hiba, and Joseph Staffetti
Portal Vein Thrombosis and Pyogenic Liver Abscess With Concomitant, Trad George, Nazanin Sheikhan, Andrew Nguyen, Jordan Valenta, and Homayon Iraninezhad
Zieve Syndrome in a Patient With Hepatitis C, Asad Haider, Josh Salabei, Mariam Hashmi, Zeeshan Ismail, Mingyue Zheng, and Uma Iyer
An Unusual Case of Isolated Pancreatitis Secondary to Blunt Abdominal Trauma., Haroutiun Hamzoian, Reuben Plasencia, Ndifreke Ekpa, Aswin Srinivasan, and Georg Elias
A Rare Case of Primary Rectal Squamous Cell Carcinoma and the Use of Cytokeratin Markers, Sindu Iska and Kapisthalam Kumar
Outcomes of Minority COVID-19 patients managed with ECMO: A single-center experience., Can Jones, Yingyot Arora, Renuka Reddy, Claudia Tereja, Cristiano Faber, Vijay Narandran, Sajid Mirza, Waqas Ghuman, Robert Chait, and Kai Chen
Adult-Onset Mitochondrial Encephalopathy, Lactic Acidosis, and Stroke-Like Episodes (MELAS) in a Patient Without Significant Family History, Shiwani Kamath, Neel Duggal, Abid Ulhaque, Elliott Taylor, and Parth R. Desai
Relapse of Infiltrating Lobular Carcinoma with Distant Metastasis and Malignant Pleural Effusion after 7 Years of Disease-Free Survival: A Case Report, Jennifer Klein and Sunoj Abraham
Autoimmune Dysfunction Due to Severe Malaria, Aretha Kou, Jonathan Kirschen, Koravangala Sundaresh, and Parth Desai
Not All That Is Droopy Post Ad26.COV2.S (JNJ) Vaccine Is Bell’s Palsy: A Rare Case of Isolated Dorsal Pontine Stroke Causing Ipsilateral Complete Hemi-Facial Palsy, Maryam Kundi, Sebastian Montgomery, Shirley Mao, and Saleha Asghar
Myelodysplastic Syndrome in a Case of New-onset Pancytopenia, Ian Lancaster, Deep Patel, Vikas Sethi, Weston Connelly, and Joseph Namey Jr.
Abiotrophia defectiva Infective Endocarditis: A Rare and Dangerous Cause of Endocarditis, Ian Lancaster, Deep Patel, Cyrus Tamboli, Patricia Chun, Vikas Sethi, and Joseph Namey
Global Response, Ahmed Malik and Imaan Bashir
A Curious Case of Hemolytic Anemia with Pseudoreticulopenia, Scott Mayer, Nikhilesh Srinvasan, Jenny Nguyen, Ryan Spilman, and Dmitriy Scherbak
Case Report of a Saccharomyces cerevisiae Lung Parenchyma infection in an immunocompetent 64-year-old Male with a Zenker Diverticulum, Haroon Nawaz, Ayesha Choudhry, and William Morse
Central Nervous System Recurrence in a Patient Treated for Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia, Resulting in Sideroblastic Anemia: A Case Report, Haroon Nawaz, Ayesha Choudhry, and William J. Morse
Do Admitted COVID-19-Positive Patients on Anticoagulation Therapy Have a Reduced Hospital Stay and Disease Severity?, Haroon Nawaz, Ayesha Choudhry, William Morse, Oskar Zarnowski, Harsh Patel, and Harshad Amin
A Case of Metastatic CNS Melanoma of Unknown Primary Presenting with Seizures., Viva Nguyen, Samar Aboulenain, Shawn Mohammed, and Sahyli Perez Parra
A Rare Case of Wernicke Encephalopathy in Stage IV Gastric Cancer, Arya Nikjoo, Hytham Rashid, Randy Chung, and Mir Ali Sadat
Epidermoid Cyst in the Appendix: A Rare Entity, YuYa Nway, Raj Shah, Jignesh Parikh, and Ernesto S. Robalino Gonzaga
Voriconazole Induced Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma in an Immunocompetent Patient., Kevin Parza, Pratishtha Singh, Jessica Cvinar, Terence Zimmerman, Brian Watson, and Mohamed Faris
Aortic Valvulitis Post-Coronavirus Disease 2019, Aakash Patel, Blair Warren, Sagar Bhula, and Suman Pasupuleti
Dronedarone for Atrial Fibrillation Prophylaxis in Patients Undergoing Open Heart Surgical Interventions: A Case Series., Jay D. Patel, Mrhaf Alsamman, Dewansh Goel, Sai Guduru, and Rakesh Prashad
Hyperkinetic Choreiform Movements Secondary to Basal Ganglia Calcification and Underlying Developmental Venous Anomaly., Jay Patel, Muhammad J. Khalil, and Sidra Zafar
Jejunal Adenocarcinoma: A Rare Cause of Small Bowel Obstruction, Jay Patel, Jack Zhang, Chaudhry Saad Sohail, Matthew Montanarella, and Mujtaba Butt
Recurrent Right Ventricular Thrombus After Successful Resection of Right Ventricular Mass, Jordan Pierce, Pheba Cherian, Manjot Malhi, Crystal Gunn, and Peters Okonoboh
Can Milking-Like Effect Be the First Clue of a Ventricular Free Wall Rupture?, Ramses Damera Ramirez, Alexander Kong, Muhammad Ijlal Khan, Hiren Patel, and Aamir Javaid
The Severity of the Co-infection of Mycoplasma pneumoniae in COVID-19 Patients, Rohit Rangroo, Myles C. Young, Alexander Davis, Steven Pack, Shaival Thakore, Anna Schepcoff, and Oyesanmi Olyu
Venous Thromboembolism and Thymic Hyperplasia in the Setting of Silent Graves' Disease, Melanie Rayan, Tyler Jones, Ariel Ruiz de Villa, Mathew Calestino, and Yvette Bazikian
Case for Thought: Meckel's Diverticulum in the Adult Population, Melanie N. Rayan, Xiaolan Tang, Maher Khazem, William Clements, and Christopher L. Bray
Pulmonary Cement Emboli Complicated by Cardiogenic Shock Following Percutaneous Kyphoplasty, Renuka Reddy, Purva Sharma, Gustavo Avila, and Yash Jobanputra
A Rare Case of Purpura Fulminans in the Setting of Klebsiella pneumoniae Bacteremia, Ariel Ruiz de Villa, Kipson Charles, and Peter Okonoboh
COVID-19 and the Cardiovascular System: An Update, Joshua K. Salabei, Zekarias T. Asnake, Zeeshan Ismail, Kipson Richard Charles, Gregory Thomas C. Stanger, Abdullahi H. Abdullahi, Andrew T. Abraham, and Peters Okonoboh
Trends and Factors Associated With Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia: A National Perspective., Harshil Shah, Ahmed Ali, Achint Patel, Vaidarshi Abbagoni, Ruchir Goswami, Ananth Kumar, Felipe Velasquez Botero, Elohor Otite, Hardik Tomar, Maheshkumar Desai, Prakash Maiyani, Hiteshkumar Devani, Faraz Siddiqui, and Salman Muddassir
Kikuchi-Fujimoto Disease Complicated by Rheumatoid Arthritis, Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus, and Hypothyroidism, Soroush Shahrokh, Ammar Hasan, Salman Raza Alim, Michelle Hebert, and Khulood Rizvi
Testicular Germ Cell Tumor Composed of Seminoma and Teratoma Metastasizing as Choriocarcinoma to the Lung Successfully Treated With Salvage Chemotherapy and Bone-Marrow Transplant: A Case Report, Soroush Shahrokh, Daniel Tran, Barbara Lines, and Murtaza N. Bhuriwala
New Onset Heart Failure From Viral Myocarditis and Inflammatory Cardiomyopathy: A Case Report, Bir Singh, Kelvin Noronha, Johnathan Frunzi, and Francisco Abreu Brea
Investigation Into the Effect of COVID-19 Infection on Length of Hospital Stay and Mortality in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis, Kevin Thompson, Ami Shah, Adam Grunbaum, and Olu Oyesanmi
Nephrolithiasis in Crohn's Disease Patients: A Review of the Literature, George Trad, Sukhjinder Chauhan, Matthew Brockway, Victoria Diaz, and Hatim Gemil
A Rare Complication of Hemorrhagic Shock Following a Paracentesis: Case Report, George Trad, Nazanin Sheikhan, and Hatim Gemil
Acute Esophageal Necrosis Syndrome (Black Esophagus): A Case Report of Rare Presentation, George Trad, Nazanin Sheikhan, Jason Ma, Abdul Gheriani, and Ahmed A. Sagaslli
Severe Coronary Artery Ectasia in a 31-Year-Old Presenting With an Inferior ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction: A Case Report, Nicholas Venuti and Andrew Mangano
Rare Complication of a Commonly Used Antihypertensive Agent: A Case of Hydralazine-Induced ANCA-Associated Vasculitis Presenting as Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis, Kayle M. Warren, Khiem T. Vu, Karandeep Shergill, Brian Watson, and Mohamed Faris
COVID-19 Vaccination: The Latinx Experience, Miriam Zylberglait Lisigurski and Ricardo Correa
Submissions from 2021
Uncommon Pathogen in an Unexpected Host: A Rare Case of Rothia mucilaginosa Infective Endocarditis in an Immunocompetent Patient Without an Underlying Valvular Disease., Ramy Abdelmaseih, Randa Abdelmasih, Mohammed A. Faluk, and Mustajab Hasan
Atrial Fibrillation as a Possible Adverse Reaction to Evolocumab., Ramy Abdelmaseih, Randa Abdelmasih, Mustajab Hasan, and Alan Hamza
Epiglotitis Related to E-Cigarette Smoking: A Case Report, Ramy Abdelmaseih, Randa Abdelmasih, Syed M. Hasan, Jay D. Patel, and Khalid Abusaada
Dysphagia Lusoria: A Freak of Nature, Ramy Abdelmaseih, Bilal Ashraf, Randa Abdelmasih, Mohammed Ansari, and Hesham Nasser
Southern Tick-Associated Rash Illness: Florida's Lyme Disease Variant., Ramy Abdelmaseih, Bilal Ashraf, Randa Abdelmasih, Sandi Dunn, and Hesham Nasser
Cardio-oncology: Capecitabine Can Sometimes be Heatbreaking Capecitabine-Induced Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy Case Report and Literature Review., Ramy Abdelmaseih, Anamarys Blanco, Randa Abdelmasih, Krutika Desai, Joshua J. Pothen, Jay Patel, and Rama Balaraman
Perspectives on Heyde's Syndrome and Calcific Aortic Valve Disease, Ramy Abdelmaseih, Ravi Thakker, Randa Abdelmasih, Arroj Ali, and S Mustajab Hasan
A Unique Case of Post-Radiation Esophageal Diverticulum Mimicking Esophageal Perforation - A Diagnostic Conundrum, Randa Abdelmasih, Ramy Abdelmaseih, Mohammed Ansari, Bilal Ashraf, and Niti Aggarwal
A Case of Hypokalemic Periodic Paralysis in a Young Athlete., Randa Abdelmasih, Ramy Abdelmaseih, Syed Mustajab Hasan, and Hesham Nasser
Acute Multiple Cerebral Watershed Infarctions as the Initial Presentation of COVID-19 in a Young Male Patient: A Case Report, Randa Abdelmasih, Ramy Abdelmaseih, and Radhames Ramos De Oleo
Update on the Cardiovascular Benefits of Sodium-Glucose Co-Transporter-2 Inhibitors: Mechanism of Action, Available Agents and Comprehensive Review of Literature, Randa Abdelmasih, Ramy Abdelmaseih, Ravi Thakker, Mohammed Faluk, Arroj Ali, Morhaf Alsamman, and Syed M. Hasan
A Rare Case of COVID-19 Infection Presenting With Devastating Intestinal Perforation Requiring Emergent Surgical Intervention: A Case Report, Randa Abdelmasih, Emerson Bookal, Ramy Abdelmaseih, Bilal Ashraf, and Hesham Nasser
Round Atelectasis: A Peculiar Pseudotumor Seen on Echocardiogram, Nardine Abdelsayed, Larissa Check, and Mohamed Faris
Incidental Diagnosis of Pulmonary Embolism in Asymptomatic Patient Using Endobronchial Ultrasound (EBUS) During Mediastinal Lymphadenopathy Assessment, Sherif Abuserewa and Richard Duff
Transverse Sinus Thrombosis Secondary to Internal Jugular Vein Abnormalities., Sherif Abuserewa and Richard Duff
Treatment of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis., Sherif Abuserewa, Richard Duff, and Gregory Becker
A Rare Cause of Exudative Pleural Effusion in a Female., Sherif Abuserewa, Shawn B. Esperti, Thaddeus Golden, and Richard Duff
Aphasia as the Initial Presentation of Acute Otomastoiditis in an Elderly Male, Sherif Abuserewa, Mohamed Faris, and Thaddeus Golden
A Silent Killer: Left Main Coronary Artery Disease in Gastrointestinal Bleed, Hesham Afify, Volodymyr Oliynyk, and Floyd Burke
Meropenem-Resistant Achromobacter xylosoxidans, Subspecies Denitrificans Bacteremia in a Patient With Stage IV Adenocarcinoma of the Lung, Andre Agassi, Erin Pollock, Mary Carter, Robert J. Sherertz, and Andrew Mangano
Septic Arthritis Masquerading as a Flare of Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Not So Straightforward Diagnosis, Ramin Ahmad, Mejhorn Flash, Zekarias Asnake, Joshua K. Salabei, and Mathew Calestino
A Rare Case of a Clot Through the Heart, Through the Lungs, and Through the Brain, Haris Ahmed, Junaid Alam, Aswin Srinivasan, Saad Choudhry, Branden Wilson, and Syed Raza
Asymptomatic Spontaneous Pneumopericardium, Pneumomediastinum, and Subcutaneous Emphysema: A Case Report of an Incidental Rare Presentation, Mrhaf Alsamman, Sandi Dunn, Shaye Busse, and Alan Hamza
Aortic Thrombus Extending to Left Subclavian in a Patient With Diffuse Venous Thromboembolism on Aromatase Inhibitor Therapy, Mrhaf Alsamman, Joshua Pothen, Marialla Inoyatov, Elis Cruz Salcedo, and Chembu Ramesh
Adult Anomalous Left Coronary Artery Arising From the Pulmonary Artery (ALCAPA) Syndrome as First Presentation With Atrial Fibrillation in a Marathon Runner, Mrhaf Alsamman, Kubra Tuna, Sandi Dunn, Faysal Rifai, and Justin Reed
Fluoroscopy Nasogastric Feeding Tube Placement, Elena Anigati
Death Within Hours From Spontaneous Cryptococcal Peritonitis and Fungemia, Mohammed Ansari, Bilal Ashraf, Ramy Abdelmaseih, Randa Abdelmasih, and Thomas Brown
A Rare Presentation of Colon Cancer Presenting as a Pseudomonas Intraabdominal Abscess With Perforation and Fluid Collection Post Tumor Resection, Mohammed Ansari, Manjot Malhi, and Akiva Marcus
Systemic Vasospasms Induced by Vasopressor Therapy Resulting in Diffuse Tissue Necrosis and Death: A Case Report and Review of the Literature, Muhammad U. Arian, Christopher S. Medina, George Matus, Akash Hazari, Luis Chozet, and Fahad Omar