Submissions from 2022
Utility of Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH) in Atrial Fibrillation, Nardine Abdelsayed, Nicholas Venuti, Alexandra Smith, Kim Page, Dominic Collins, Kevin Parza, and Victor Collier
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 Limb Ischemia Caused by Dissection following Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Using Right Radial Approach, Haris Ahmed, Jonathan Brown, Brooke Walterscheid, Phebe Abraham, Junaid M. Alam, Nabeel Ahmad, and Syed Arman Raza
CO2 Levels Behind and in Front of Different Protective Mask Types, Hossein Akhondi, Sassan Kaveh, Kimball Kaufman, Tina Danai, and Napatkamon Ayutyanont
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
Update on Wearable Cardioverter Defibrillator: A Comprehensive Review of Literature, Mrhaf Alsamman, Adesh Prashad, Ramy Abdelmaseih, Tehreem Khalid, and Rakesh Prashad
Factors Influencing Thirty-Day Readmission Rate in Patients With Heart Failure Exacerbation, Mrhaf Alsamman, Dewid Zayas, Karthikram Komanduri, Rakesh Prashad, Cristobal Cintron, and Kim N. Page Vickery
Accuracy of the GRACE Score in Predicting Mortality in Patients with COVID-19, Keyvan Amini Noghondar, Jazmine Duran, Megan Stevens, Brendon Cornett, and Daniel Ortiz
COVID-19 Fulminant Myocarditis Progressing to Cardiac Tamponade in Less than 24 Hours, Ali Ammar, Alexander Kong, Josselin Vachon, and Deepak P. Vivek
A Rare Case of Atorvastatin Induced Drug Reaction with Eosinophilia and Systemic Symptoms (DRESS) Syndrome - A Case Report, Bilal Ashraf, Randa Abdelmasih, Zainab Saeed, Bernard Dankyi, and Hesham Nasser
Elongated Inferior Vena Cava and Intracardiac Mass: Thrombus In-Transit or Metastasis, Blerina Asllanaj, Elizabeth Benge, Ryan Hafen, and Yi McWhorter
Viral Myocarditis Mimicking ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction Complicated by Thrombocytopenia and Vasculitic Peripheral Neuropathy., Blerina Asllanaj, Eric Chang, Anthony Dota III, and Yi McWhorter
Myxedema Coma: A Rare Case of Shock Post-Pericardial Window Procedure, Blerina Asllanaj, Mark Olson, and Yi McWhorter
Non-Surgical Extirpation of a Non-Infectious Expanding Tricuspid Valve Mass by Percutaneous Aspiration Thrombectomy, Blerina Asllanaj, Alexander Urzua, Anthony Dota III, and Jeffrey Levisman
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
Blame it on the Drug: A Rare Case of Recurrent Doxycycline-Induced Pancreatitis, Raghav Bassi, Pranav Prakash, Eason Balakrishnan, and George Cockey
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 Pseudohypoparathyrodism, Brian Behnke, Kavanya Feustel, Scott Mayer, Nikhilesh Srinivasan, and Dmitriy Scherbak
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
A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis on Possible Role of Vitamin C in Sepsis, Jonathan Brown, Cassie Robertson, Luis Sevilla, Jorge Garza, Hytham Rashid, Ana Benitez, Mikhail Shipotko, and Zuhair Ali
Mortality and Length of Stay Among HIV Patients Hospitalized for Heart Failure: A Multicenter Retrospective Study, Jonathan Brown, Ashwin Srinivasan, Hytham Rashid, Brendon Cornett, Syed Raza, and Zuhair Ali
Delayed Complication of Iliac Artery Aneurysm Repair- From Critical Limb Ischemia to Mixed shock: A Case Report, Maria C. Canizares-Otero, Floyd Osterman, and Mauricio Danckers
Contained Rupture of a Left Coronary Sinus of Valsalva Aneurysm: A Case Report, Kipson Charles, Ali Arroj, and Tong Ann
Autoimmune Hepatitis in the Setting of Iron Overload Secondary to Heterozygous HFE Gene Mutation, Sukhjinder Chauhan, Rasiq Zackria, and Deb Mukhopadhyay
An Unusual Case of an Acute Mesenteroaxial Gastric Volvulus Secondary to a Hiatal Hernia, Sukhjinder Chauhan, Rasiq Zackria, and John Ryan
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
Endobronchial Ultrasound Diagnosis of a Malignant Superior Vena Cava Tumor Thrombus Extending Into the Right Atrium: An Unusual Cause of Recurrent Syncope., Larissa Check, Ariba Naz, Caleb Scott, and Richard Duff
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
The Slow Rhythm of Midodrine: A Peculiar Case of Profound Bradycardia, Larissa Check, Louis Tsichlis, and Mohamed Faris
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
Anticoagulation Management in a Patient with ICH and Mechanical Mitral Valve: A Case Report, Ali M. Choudhry, Abdulaziz Mheir, Humberto Torres, Ramy Abdelmaseih, and Rakesh Prashad
Vaping-Induced Lung Injury with Superimposed Mycoplasma Pneumonia Leading to Acute Respiratory Failure, Humdoon L. Choudhry and Patrick Duplan
A Diagnosis Not to Miss: A Case of Fitz-Hugh-Curtis Syndrome, Jenny Choy, Vikas Sethi, Jose Mosco-Guzman, Thomas Hoffman, and Weston Connelly
Submassive Pulmonary Embolism in the Setting of Intracerebral Hemorrhage: A Case of Suction Thrombectomy, William Ciurylo
Right Lower Extremity Phlegmasia Cerulea Dolens Due to Iliotibial Vein Thrombosis With Compartment Syndrome and Circulatory Shock: Case Report and Review, Kingsley Dah, Ike Ogbu, Chinedu Ngwudike, and Maanas Tripathi
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
Low-Dose Methotrexate Toxicity Presenting as Pancytopenia, Gundip S. Dhillon, Sukhjinder Chauhan, Yema Jalal, Youssef Ghobrial, and Birjees Ahmed
A Rare Case of Thrombocytopenia in Concurrence With Severe Hypothyroidism: Are We Still Missing Something?, Sandi Dunn, Mrhaf Alsamman, Randa Abdelmasih, and Bilal Ashraf
Severe Gastric Mucosal Necrosis Due to Giant Paraesophageal Hernia, Patrick Duplan, Humdoon L. Choudhry, Mohammad Memon, Daniel Klein, and Dilip Ghanekar
A Rare Case of Candida parapsilosis Lumbar Discitis With Osteomyelitis, Patrick Duplan, Mohammad B. Memon, Humdoon L. Choudhry, and Jennifer Patterson
Quinine Water-Triggered Atrial Tachyarrhythmia, Emad Elmusa, Hannan Asghar, Ameer Hamza, Muhammad Waleed Raza, and Ismael Rodriguez
Metastatic Jejunal Renal Cell Carcinoma Intussusception Presenting as Melena, Emad Elmusa, Muhammad Waleed Raza, Ameer Hamza, Hassan Khokhar, and Mujtaba Butt
Lamotrigine-Induced Acute Pancreatitis, Emad Elmusa, Muhammad Waleed Raza, Ahmad Muneeb, Ameer Hamza, and Mujtaba Butt
Primary Cardiac Angiosarcoma Presenting as Cardiac Tamponade., Emad Elmusa, Muhammad Waleed Raza, Jack Zhang, Naja Naddaf, and Ahmad Muneeb
A Unique Case of Tri-Valvular Serratia marcescens Infective Endocarditis Complicated by Innumerable Emboli, Walter Evangelista Abreu, Mrhaf Alsamman, anteneh Addisu, Nitin A. Dhaon, Arnaldo Reyes Esteves, Lily Knight, and Hamza Alaan
A Treatable but Commonly Missed Etiology of Cerebrovascular Disease in Younger Adults; A Case of Primary Hyperaldosteronism Presented with Hemorrhagic Stroke, Marines Faya, Kubra Tuna, Thu Ngo, Randa Abdelmasih, Humberto Torres, and Justin Reed
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
Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease After Receiving the Second Dose of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine, Andrea J. Folds, Melanie-Belle Ullrich, Sann Htoo, and Anjeza Chukus
An Unexpected Case of Disseminated Mucormycosis Following Pacemaker Placement and Brief Course of Oral Corticosteroids, Chadley Froes, Matthew Gellatly, and Brian Watson
The Utility of Abdominal Ultrasound Following Negative Computed Tomography in Diagnosing Acute Pancreatitis, Chadley Froes, Kiran Gosal, Pratishtha Singh, and Victor Collier
Case Report of Metastatic Melanoma Presenting as an Unusual Cause of Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage in an Elderly Gentleman, Chadley Froes, Nicolina Scibelli, and Mary Carter
Multiple Myeloma Uncovered Under Excessive Antacid and Chronic NSAID Use in a Young Female, Priscilla Y. Fujikawa, Kenneth Brand, Siddharth Shah, Viraj Munshi, and Kashyap Patel
Russell Body Esophagitis: A Possible Indication to Screen for Hematologic Malignancy., Glenn E. Garcia Jr, Muhammed R Hiba, and Joseph Staffetti
Campylobacter jejuni: A Previously Unreported Cause of Toxic Shock Syndrome, Glenn E. Garcia Jr, Alexander Lake, Domenick Sorresso, and Joseph Staffetti
Portal Vein Thrombosis and Pyogenic Liver Abscess With Concomitant, Trad George, Nazanin Sheikhan, Andrew Nguyen, Jordan Valenta, and Homayon Iraninezhad
Home Brew Gone Wrong: A Case Report on Potential Auto-Brewery Syndrome Sequelae, Saif Ghias, Sobia Ashfaq, and Jasprit Takher
An Immunocompetent Male With Skin Lesions and a Brain Abscess., Jessica L. Glicksberg, Mercedes Malone, Joshua K. Salabei, and Robert Yancey
Metastasis of Melanoma to the Adrenal Glands: A Case Report and Literature Review, Asad A. Haider, Ariel Ruiz de Villa, Leora Frimer, and Yvette Bazikian
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
Utility of the HScore for Predicting COVID-19 Severity, William Hannah, Anthony Shadiack, Melissa Markofski, Kevin Dao, Eric Shaw, Craig Odum, Nayda Parisio Poldiak, Alexis Finer, and Mike Flynn
Quadriplegia from Cervical Osteomyelodiscitis with Vertebral Collapse: A Case Report, Danay Herrera, Jose M. Acosta, Davide Fox, Livasky Concepcion Perez, and Jessica Hughes
Suspected Anaphylactic Reaction Following Second Dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech (BNT162b2) Coronavirus Vaccine in a Geriatric Female, Angelina Hong and Giezy Sardinas
Bidirectional Ventricular Tachycardia in Acute Multivessel Myocardial Infarction, Frank C. Hsu, Justin Hao Goh, Andrew Jung, Milan Patel, Rami Akel, and Kenneth Yamamura
A Rare Case of Primary Rectal Squamous Cell Carcinoma and the Use of Cytokeratin Markers, Sindu Iska and Kapisthalam Kumar
Spontaneous Pneumomediastinum, Heidy Izquierdo, David Cotto Velez, Ilde Manuel Lee, and Sabrina Arshed
Massive Left Ventricular Thrombus Causing Bilateral Posterior Cerebral Artery Stroke: A Case Report and Review of Literature, Ashali Jain, Asad Haider, and Tyler Jones
Understanding the Presentation of Terminal Ileitis., Ashali Jain, Xiaolan Tang, Tyler Jones, and Sripal A. Padam
Is There a Bias Toward Unvaccinated COVID-19 Patients?, Abbas B. Jama, Anwar Khedr, Hisham Mushtaq, Nitesh K. Jain, Thoyaja Koritala, and Syed Anjum Khan
A Unique Case of a Right Atrial Myxoma Infected With Escherichia coli, Masi Javeed, Hanan Gruhonjic, Taylor Kirkman, Christos Pitarys, and Rami Akel
Massive Mural Thrombus Masquerading as Myxoma, Masi Javeed, Hanan Gruhonjic, Dveet Patel, John Forcella, and Rami Akel
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 Ghumman, Robert Chait, and Kai Chen
Increasing Trends of Clostridium difficile Infection in Hospitalized Young Patients: A Study of the National Inpatient Sample From 2007 to 2017, Tsu Jung Yang, Achint Patel, Jassimran Singh, Vinay Jahagirdar, Dhanshree Solanki, Bharati Nikhare, Nishi Harwani, Ruchir Goswami, Hiteshkumar Devani, Prakash Maiyani, Dharmeshkumar V. Moradiya, Maheshkumar Desai, and Salman Muddassir
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
Doctors and Disability: Improving Inclusion in Medical Education, Mary Alice Keller
Case Series of Quadricuspid Aortic Valve, Ihtisham Khalid, Hasnan M. Ijaz, Poonam Choudhry, Aaiz Hussain, James McAlister Iii, Ahmed Mahmood, Mustafa Rahim, and Henry Cusnir
A Case of Brugada Phenocopy in Adrenal Insufficiency-Related Pericarditis, Andrew Kim, Cristian Valdez, Tony Alarcon, Elizabeth Jane Benge, and Blerina Asllanaj
A Case of Primary Cutaneous Anaplastic Large T-cell Lymphoma Presenting as Large Abdominal Mass, Jennifer Klein
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
A Case of Spontaneous Calf Hematoma with Simultaneous Deep Venous Thrombosis, Jennifer Klein and Sunil Gandhi
Rupture of Non-coronary Sinus of Valsalva Aneurysm Contained by Ventricular Wall: A Case Report, Jennifer Klein and Suman Pasupuleti
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
Cardiac Arrest Due to Massive Aspiration from a Broncho-esophageal Fistula: A Case Report, Gustavo Lagrotta, Mina Ayad, Ifrah Butt, and Mauricio Danckers
A Rare Case of a Right Atrial Paraganglioma in an Individual with the SHDB Mutation., Ian Lancaster, Carlos Nunez, Andrew Willinger, Christiano Caldeira, and Jeffrey Aufman
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
Serotonin Syndrome Induced Tako-Tsubo Syndrome., Ian Lancaster, Jeffrey P. Steinhoff Sr., Jose Mosco-Guzman, and Deep Patel
Impact of Left Bundle Branch Block in Takotsubo Syndrome, Jose L. Lopez, Gustavo J Duarte, Rosario A Colombo, Andrea J. Folds, Fergie Ramos Tuarez, and Robert Chait