Submissions from 2024
Presentations of Cutaneous Disease in Various Skin Pigmentations: Chronic Atopic Dermatitis, Cecilia Nguyen, Jordan Thompson, Daniel A. Nguyen, Christopher M. Wong, Christian J. Scheufele, Michael Carletti, and Stephen E. Weis
Acute Viral Myocarditis in a Young Adult: A Case Report., Jason Nguyen, Cristina Benites, Daniel Karpel, Mohammed Akram, and Livasky Concepcion Perez
Actinomyces-induced Osteomyelitis of the Mandible: A Rare Disease, Caleb Nieves-Velez, Gilberto Rivera Gonzalez, and Suresh Antony
Unveiling Hidden Battles: Exploring the Link Between Breast Cancer Survival and Heart Failure Vulnerability, Omar Obeidat, Abedallah Obeidat, Saeed Abughazaleh, Ali Obeidat, Moh'd Daise, Mohamed F Ismail, Qusai Alqudah, Hashim Al-Ani, Mohammad Tarawneh, and Roja Pondicherry-Harish
Impact of Breast Cancer on In-Hospital Mortality and Health Care Utilization in Female Heart Failure Patients: A Retrospective Cohort Study, Omar Obeidat, Ali Obeidat, Mohamed F. Ismail, Abedallah Obeidat, Qusai Alqudah, Hashim Al-Ani, Saeed Abughazaleh, Mohammad Tarawneh, Moh'd Daise, and Bashar Alzghoul
Visnagin: A Novel Cardioprotective Agent Against Anthracycline Toxicity (Review)., Omar Obeidat, Ali Obeidat, Abedallah Obeidat, and Mohamed F. Ismail
Primary Care and Surgical Collaborations in Addressing Breast Cancer: A Comprehensive Review, Anuoluwa Oyetoran, Samantha Sircar, Oluwadamilola Oladeru, and Kim Barbel Johnson
Enhancing Patient Safety: The Role of Interdisciplinary Teams in Reducing Blood Culture Contamination, Austin Patrick Eisenberg, Fady M. Awad, Brian Watson, and Mohammed Faris
Fever, Leukocytosis, and Ulcerated Vulvar Lesions: An Atypical Presentation Concerning Behcet's Disease, Austin Patrick Eisenberg, Brenden Pearce, Casey Anders, and Victor Collier
Grade IV Glioma Potentially Disguised As COVID-19 Encephalitis., Austin Patrick Eisenberg, Nicolina Scibelli, Hannah Fischer, and Victor Collier
Communication Everywhere All at Once – the Art of Leveraging Tech, Kelsey Perry, Jilian R. Sansbury, and Ethan Molitch-Hou
Artificial Intelligence in Rheumatology:Perspectives and Insights from a Nationwide Survey of U.S. Rheumatology Fellows, Richa Purohit, Sathvik Saineni, Sweta Chalise, Reanne Mathai, Rajan Sambandam, Richard Medina-Perez, and Neha Bhanusali
Cemiplimab-Induced Hyperosmolar Hyperglycemic State With Concurrent Diabetic Ketoacidosis in a Patient Receiving Treatment for Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma., Alexander Pyronneau, Kelvin Noronha, Amanda Zucker, Rachel Kennett, and Parth Desai
The Utility of Multitarget Stool DNA Testing for Colorectal Cancer Screening After a Normal Colonoscopy, Abhinav K. Rao, Shivam Kalra, Brett Van Leer-Greenberg, and Don C Rockey
Extensive Dural Venous Thrombosis With Associated Intracerebral Hemorrhage and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Due to Protein S Deficiency: A Case Report., Abhinav K. Rao, Thomas J Lee, Kody Dhaliwal, and Nick Shaheen
Disseminated Varicella-Zoster Virus Presenting With Pneumonitis and Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage in an Immunocompetent Patient, Abhinav K. Rao, Thomas J Lee, Hassan Tahir Khokhar, and Sokol Kalaveshi
A Case of Type 1 Cryoglobulinemia With Lymphoplasmacytic Lymphoma and Dry Gangrene, Abhinav K. Rao, Fahim Syed, Diego E. Garrido, Charles S Holladay, and Julia Saylors
Falling From Laughing: Laughing Gas-Induced Subacute Combined Degeneration From Nitrous Oxide, Abhinav K. Rao, Fahim Syed, Thomas J Lee, Gilberto U Umanzor, and Jeffrey Bodle
Massive Pulmonary Embolism Associated With Factor V Leiden Mutation in a Young Female on Oral Contraceptive Pills: A Case Report., Sushil Rayamajhi, Gabriela Sayonara Lopez Capa, Ligia Carolina Flores Reyes, Vyshnavidevi Sunkara, Tania Beatriz Marin Padilla, Ameer M Farrukh, and Anil Harrison
A Case of COVID-19-Triggered Polymyositis Leading to Rhabdomyolysis., Sriya Reddy, Natalie Rivera Vargas, Aarushi Varshney, and Olga Karasik
Ogilvie's Syndrome in a Young Female With Chronic Constipation, Tong Ren, Shaikh Afaq, Ali Vaziri, Olu Oyesanmi, and Salman Muddassir
False-Negative PET/CT scan with Metastatic Sebaceous Carcinoma: An Important Diagnostic Consideration., Tong Ren, Jennifer Foster, Alex Wu, Alisher Hamidullah, and Eric Sladek
Impact of Malnutrition on the Length of Stay for Hospitalized Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-cell (CAR-T) Therapy Patients in the United States (2020), Tong Ren, Alan Kerr, Olu Oyesanmi, and Salman Muddassir
Dialysis-Reversible Complete Heart Block Without Severe Metabolic Derangements, Shai Ring, Alexander Llop, Harris Khawaja, Usman Khan, and Muhammad Usman Khan
Coronary Air Embolism Secondary to Percutaneous Lung Biopsy: A Systematic Review., Shai Ring, Tusharkumar Pansuriya, Hytham Rashid, Aswin Srinivasan, Ramesh Kesavan, Skantha K Manjunath, Gnananandh Jayaraman, and Siva T Sarva
Capivasertib-Induced Diabetic Ketoacidosis in a Patient With Estrogen Receptor-Positive/Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2-Negative (ER+/HER2-) Metastatic Breast Cancer and No Prior History of Diabetes Mellitus: A Case Report, Yoan E. Rodriguez, Rishu Batra, Kunal Patel, and Suzanne Martinez
Response of FGFR-2 Positive Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma to Futibatinib: A Case Report., Yoan E. Rodriguez, Maham Shahid, Natalia Badillo, Augusto Villegas, and Nilmarie Guzman
Hydralazine-Induced Antineutrophilic Cytoplasmic Antibody (ANCA)-Associated Vasculitis Presenting as Crescentic Glomerulonephritis, Yoan E. Rodriguez, Hovra Zahoor, Kunal Patel, Christian Castro Ruiz, and Neda Shahoori
Light-Chain (AL) Cardiac Amyloidosis Presenting as Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction., Luis Santiago, Ali Tariq Alvi, Veniamin Melnychuk, Philip Mesquita, and Pallavi Aneja
Efficacy of Intravenous Iron in Patients with Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction and Iron Deficiency: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Control Trials, Andrew Sephien, Denisse Camille Dayto, Tea Reljic, Xavier Prida, Joanna M Joly, Matthew Tavares, Jason N Katz, and Ambuj Kumar
Comparison of Standard and Extended Dexamethasone Duration on Mortality in Patients with Severe COVID-19, Andrew Sephien, Marc Lozano, Sean-Patrick Prince, Denisse Camille Dayto, Caroline Minton, Ambuj Kumar, Nishant Nerella, and Guarav Shah
A 25-Year-Old Man with a History of Substance Abuse Presenting with Pneumomediastinum Due to Methamphetamine Vapor Inhalation, Anahita Shahnazi, Keenan Bayrakdar, Prospero Cortorreal, Kate Burmaster, and Gretchen M. Junko
Metastatic Axillary Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma in an African-American Female: A Rare Case, Shahriar Sharif, Biura Markarian, and Diego Marin
Necrotizing Fasciitis Associated With Toxic Shock Syndrome., Shahriar Sharif, Samyukta Swaminath, Nashit Mozumder, Kenneth A. Mack, and Diego Marin
All that is red is not cellulitis: Retrospective application of the ALT-70 scoring system in patients diagnosed with cellulitis in the emergency department by non-dermatologists., Sweta Subhadarshani, Anastasia Tambovtseva, Taylor Griffith, Layal Antoury, Cristobal Cintron, Jeffery Durbin, and Alan Hamza
Sigmoid Colon Angiomyolipoma as a Culprit for Intermittent Constipation and Hematochezia, Amel Tabet Aoul, Ama Achiamah, Nathaniel Leavitt, Chun He, Pujan Kandel, and Varun Patel
Stevens-Johnson Syndrome in a Patient on Concomitant Treatment with Levetiracetam and Trimethoprim/Sulfamethoxazole., Amel Tabet Aoul, Abraheim Al-Nasseri, Chase Hall, Chun He, and John Abernathy
Use of TC-325 Hemostatic Powder as a Rescue Monotherapy for Management of Rectal Variceal Bleed, Amel Tabet Aoul, Vamsee Mupparuju, Jonathan Cirillo, Sreekanth Chandrupatla, Jeffrey Jordan, Maria A. Castano, and Olugbenga Oyesanmi
A Case of Balo Concentric Sclerosis: A Multiple Sclerosis Mimic, Mary Therese Thomas, Molly E Boyko, Rachel Hemsath, Kedareeshwar S Arukala, and Victor Collier
A Case With Twists and Turns: A Report of Vertebrobasilar Dolichoectasia, Mary Therese Thomas and Jamie Campbell
A Difficult Differential Diagnosis in New Neck Masses: Retropharyngeal Abscess or Malignancy?, Mary Therese Thomas and Mary Carter
Acyclovir as a Novel Treatment for Severe Chronic Active Epstein-Barr Virus., Mary Therese Thomas, Philip W. Mardock, and Kedareeshwar S. Arukala
Idiopathic Granulomatous Lobular Mastitis: A Case Report, Wendy M. Timirau, Esra Sari, Maham Shahid, Nilmarie Guzman, and Augusto Villegas
A Rare Case of Gastroparesis-Induced Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy., Joane Titus, Jacob Bentley, Kristin L. Recker, and Olga Karasik
A Rare Case of Exercise-Induced Transient Global Amnesia as an Exclusive Presenting Symptom of Hippocampus Infarct, Roger F. Tonna and Azin Azma
A Rare Case of Heterozygous C282Y Mutation Causing Hereditary Hemochromatosis With Acute Pancreatitis, Roger F. Tonna, Rakahn Haddadin, Humzah Iqbal, and Hatim Gemil
Parvimonas micra Bacteremia in the Setting of a Hepatic Abscess: A Case Report, Aneil S. Walizada, Sarah E Lyons, Chulou Penales, and Carlos Lopez
T-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in Crisis: Hyperleukocytosis, Tumor Lysis Syndrome, and Innovative Approaches., Gordon White, Mariel Duchow, and Levy Amar
Influence of Metformin Discontinuation on Readmission Rate in Patients With Acute Heart Failure, Curtis Wong, Erica Junqueira, Nayda Parisio Poldiak, Nan Crossley, and Shantae Jenkins
Beneficial Effects of Low Carbohydrate Diet (LCD) with Recently Emerged Solid Evidence, Michael Wood, Hiroshi Bando, and Koji Ebe
Acute Renal Failure Secondary to Vibrio cholera Gastroenteritis in a United States Citizen, Corrected With Renal Replacement Therapy, Meng Xie, Angelina Hong, Mayuri Gupta, and Dusan Dragovic
Fexofenadine As Successful Adjunctive Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis and Trochanteric Bursitis: A Case Report, Ellen Yos, Emily Hines, Mary Therese Thomas, Christine Angeles, and David A Chetrit
Submissions from 2023
In-Hospital Outcomes of PCI in Patients Who Have ESRD vs Non-ESRD Patients, a Retrospective Study Involving a National Inpatient Sample (NIS) Database, Abdullah H. Abdullahi, Zeeshan Ismail, Omar Obeidat, Hamza M. Alzghoul, Natalie P. Hurlock, Mohammad Tarawneh, Rabab Elsadek, Mohamed Ismail, and Andrew Smock
Functionally Unicuspid Aortic Valve in an Adult: Case Report and Literature Review, Andrew Abraham, Kipson Richard Charles, David A. Pozo, Daniel Bishev, and Roja Pondicherry-Harish
Clostridium Septicum Bacteremia as the Presenting Sign of Colon Cancer, Andrew T. Abraham and Sripal A. Padam
Association of Thiazide Diuretics With Diabetes Progression, Kidney Disease Progression, Cardiovascular Outcomes, and Death Among Patients With Diabetes Who Initiate Statins, Hesham Afify, Ubaldo Gonzalez Morales, Abdo Asmar, Carlos A Alvarez, and Ishak A Mansi
Capnocytophaga canimorsus Infection in a 38-Year-Old Male after a Dog Bite, Ahmad I. Ahsen, Philip Korsun, Fadi Albahra, Ranjit Nair, and Zain Tariq
HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors and the attenuation of risk for disseminated intravascular coagulation in patients with sepsis., Nicholas B. Alana, William A. Ciurylo, and Natalie Hurlock
Ultrasound-Accelerated Catheter-Directed Thrombolysis, Mrhaf Alsamman, Ali Mohsin Choudhry, Abdulaziz Mheir AlSaadi, and Rakesh Prashad
Polypoid Lymphangiectasia in the Sigmoid Colon: A Case Report of a Rare Entity, Anwar Alshaakh Moh' D Mari, Aarushi Varshney, Kristin Recker, Jignesh Parikh, and Vania Zayat
The First Case of Daratumumab-Induced Fulminant Hepatic Failure, Ali Tariq Alvi, Sachin George Mathew, and Murali Shankar
Fulminant Hepatic Failure With Minimal Alcohol Consumption in a 25-Year-Old Female With Hereditary Hemochromatosis: A Rare Case., Ali Tariq Alvi, Luis E. Santiago, Zahid Nadeem, and Ali Chaudhry
Acute Pancreatitis-Induced Thrombosis of Celiac Artery: An Unusual Complication of Acute Pancreatitis, Ali Tariq Alvi, Luis Santiago, and Marvin Lopez-Medal
A Rare Case of Primary Extra-Nodal Marginal Zone Lymphoma of Mucosa-Associated Lymphoid Tissue (MALT) in the Rectum, Ali Tariq Alvi and Murali Shankar
Primary Dedifferentiated Duodenal Liposarcoma With Gastric Outlet Obstruction: A Rare Small Bowel Tumor, Ali Tariq Alvi and Murali Shankar
Pernicious Anemia Presenting as a Mimicker of Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura, Omar Alzarkali, Jane-Hwei Lee, and Kathryn Bower
Fluid Management in Septic Patients with Pulmonary Hypertension: Review of the Literature, Blerina Asllanaj, Elizabeth Benge, Jieun Bae, and Yi McWhorter
Managing Acute Intermediate Risk Pulmonary Thromboembolism in a Patient Who Developed Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia: Review of Current Guidelines and Literature, Blerina Asllanaj, Elizabeth Jane Benge, Sapna Bhatia, and Yi McWhorter
Acute Partial Papillary Muscle Rupture as a Rare Complication Following Non-ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction, Blerina Asllanaj, Matthew Farr, and Yi McWhorter
Newly Diagnosed Lung Cancer in Hospitalized Patients During the COVID-19 Pandemic: How Well Are LDCTs Utilized?, Jonathan Assis, Thanuja Neerukonda, Bilal Farooqi, and Mahvish Haider
Radiation Proctitis with Recurrent Gastrointestinal Bleeding Complicated by Cytomegalovirus, Austin B. Auyeung, Melanie N. Rayan, Xiaolan Tang, and Sanil Thomas
Her Cross to Bear, Stuart J. Bagatell, Levy Amar, and Gabriel Ghanoum
Rapidly Progressive Emphysematous Pancreatitis With Massive Hemorrhage and Multi-Organ Failure: A Severe Sequela of COVID-19, Raghav Bassi, Hamza M. Alzghoul, Kipson Richard Charles, Ariel Ruiz de Villa, Charles R Russell, and Peters Okonoboh
COVID-19-Induced Complete Heart Block: Case Series and Literature Review, Raghav Bassi, Zeeshan Ismail, Joshua K. Salabei, Kipson Richard Charles, Asad Haider, Abdullahi Hussein, and Andrew Smock
A Review on Clostridioides Difficile Testing and How to Approach Patients With Multiple Negative Tests: A Case Report, Raghav Bassi, Pranav Prakash, Anuoluwa Oyetoran, Rabab Elsadek, Isaac Loseke, and John Leibach
Overlapping Drug-Induced Vasculitis, ANCA-associated Vasculitis, and Lupus Nephritis Caused by Low-Dose Hydralazine, Mina Bhatnagar, A Agaronov, E Sarkisyan, I Sotoudeh Deilamy, Don Pepito, and H Akhondi
Acute Colonic Perforation with Septic Shock Secondary to Disseminated Histoplasmosis in an Autologous Bone Marrow Transplant Recipient, Harsimrandeep Bhatti, Enkhbileg Batbileg, Srijisnu De, Glen Friedman, and Suresh Antony
Efficacy and Safety of Mavacamten in the Treatment of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: A Systematic Review, Daniel Bishev, Stephanie Fabara, Isaac Loseke, Akankcha Alok, Hashim Al-Ani, and Yvette Bazikian
A Case Report of Carbamazepine-induced Oropharyngeal Dysphagia in a Patient with Primary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis, Daniel Bishev, Mercedes Malone, Devon Best, and Yvette Bazikian
Timing Matters: An Analysis of the Relationship Between Red Cell Transfusion Timing and Hospitalization Outcomes in Sickle Cell Crisis Patients Using the National Inpatient Sample Database, Zubair Hassan Bodla, Mariam Hashmi, Fatima Niaz, Umer Farooq, Farhan Khalid, Abdullahi Hussein Abdullahi, and Sue-Wei Luu
Independent predictors of mortality and 5-year trends in mortality and resource utilization in hospitalized patients with diffuse large B cell lymphoma., Zubair Hassan Bodla, Mariam Hashmi, Fatima Niaz, Umer Farooq, Farhan Khalid, Muhammad Junaid Tariq, Muhammad Jahanzeb Khalil, Victoria S Brown, and Christopher L. Bray
Renal Amyloidosis (AL Kappa Type) With an Uncommon Presentation: A Case Report, Stephanie A. Botero, Michelle Bass, Carlos Botero Suarez, Pran Kar, and Elpidio Abreu
Diabetic Muscle Infarction: An Uncommon Diabetic Complication With a Lack of Standardized Treatment, Carlos Botero Suarez, Moises Matos, and Sowmya Suryanarayanan
A Rare Case of Bartonella henselae Infective Endocarditis Causing an Embolic Cerebrovascular Accident, Kipson Richard Charles, Andrew Abraham, Raghav Bassi, Rabab Elsadek, and George Cockey
Annular Rupture Due to Calcified Nodule Located in Left Ventricular Outflow Tract (LVOT) During Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) Managed by Protamine Sulfate., Sukhjinder Chauhan, Mina Bhatnagar, Talha N Jilani, and Jeffrey Levisman
A Rare Case Report of Flecainide-Induced Left Bundle Branch Block (LBBB) and Transient Cardiomyopathy, Sukhjinder Chauhan, Desiree Morris, Mina Bhatnagar, Pinak A. Shah, and Dhiraj D. Narula
Benign Intrapulmonary Schwannoma With High Uptake on Fluorodeoxyglucose-18 (FDG-18 PET) Presenting as a Pancoast Tumor, Sukhjinder Chauhan, Faraz Rahman, Gundip S. Dhillon, Udanie Hewapathirana, Milliejoan Mongalo, and Arnold Chung
A Rare Case of Nodular Mantle Cell Lymphoma of the Gastrointestinal Tract Discovered During a Routine Colonoscopy With a Positive Response to R-CHOP Chemotherapy Regimen, Sukhjinder Chauhan, Jordan Valenta, Gundip S. Dhillon, Preston Phan, Yongwoon Huh, Andre E. Manov, and Ann Wierman
Gallstone Ileus Caused by Migration of Gallstone Through Cholecystoduodenal Fistula Resulting in Small Bowel Obstruction, Sukhjinder Chauhan, Rasiq Zackria, Trad George, Andrew Wojtanowski, and John Ryan
Accidental Extravasation of Mitomycin C into the Subcutaneous Tissue, Johnathon Chung, Brooke Walterscheid, Jose Lopez-Vera, Hytham Rashid, and Mike K. Liang
Organ Donation and Transplantation among Non-US Citizens: Opportunities to Improve Global Equity in Heart Transplantation, Ersilia M Defilippis, Jaya Batra, Vanessa Blumer, Isaiah A Peoples, Christy N Taylor, Daniel Oren, Jose L. Lopez, Andrew J Sauer, and Nasrien E Ibrahim
Flash Pulmonary Oedema Secondary to Persistent Left Superior Vena Cava, Jack Demirjian, Rohan Divecha, Emmanuel Garrastegui-Mercado, and Oscar Garcia
Sarcoid-Like Reactive Lymphadenopathy in Metastatic Synovial Sarcoma, Gundip S. Dhillon, Yema Jalal, and Vishisht Mehta
SARS-CoV-2 Infection Precipitates the Discovery of Underlying Liver Disease: A Case Report, Victoria Diaz, Elizabeth Jane Benge, Matthew Brockway, Weston Truman, and Birjees Ahmed
Apical Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Presenting as Left Ventricular Aneurysm in a 74-Year-Old African American Male, Daniel Diez, Joel Brooks Tamayo, Jennifer Rodriguez-Belen, Jorge Hernandez Canciobello, Amr El-Tella, Kevin Mancheno, Kevin Manceno, Jorge X. Montilla, James Davenport, and Yeissen Godinez
A Case of Pseudo-Pseudo Meigs Syndrome as the Initial Presentation of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Daniel Diez, Jennifer M. Lara, David Cotto Velez, Jorge Hernandez Canciobello, Yanet Diaz-Martell, Iliza Minaya, Asad Rizvi, Jose Gonzalez-Pantaleon, Yeissen Godinez, and Daniel Zapata
A Bridge Too Far: A Case of Myocardial Bridge Requiring Unroofing and Complicated by Post-Cardiac Injury Syndrome, Daniel Diez, Alfredo Toll, Ernesto Perez Colome, Ruben Cabrera, David Cotto Velez, and Hector J. Crespo
The Epidemiology of Maritime Patients Requiring Medical Evacuation: A Literature Review, Jonathan S Dillard, William Maynard, and Rahul Kashyap
Climate Crisis and Nephrology: A Review of Climate Change's Impact on Nephrology and How to Combat it, Leonie Dupuis, Aarushi Varshney, Jason Patel, and Shivam Joshi
Not Just an Accident: A Case of Insulinoma, Asanka Ekanayake, Harrison Stubbs, Dominique Broutin, Olga Karasik, and Mustafa Kinaan