Submissions from 2023
Acute Fulminant Cerebral Edema Caused by Influenza Type B in an 18-Year-Old Female: A Rare Case, Luis E. Santiago, Ali Tariq Alvi, Zahid Nadeem, and Ali Chaudhry
An Unusual Case of Nonbacterial Thrombotic Endocarditis Attributable to Malignancy, Luis Santiago, Winy Kujundzic, Stephanie Wong, Samyukta Swaminath, and Pallavi Aneja
Newly Diagnosed Hypokalemic Periodic Paralysis Triggered by COVID-19, Kelly S. Schulte, Maxwell Sheedy, Kavanaya Feustel, and Dmitriy Scherbak
An Electronic Medical Record Pocket Guide for Incoming Internal Medicine Interns: Perceptions and Impact on Patient Information Gathering, Andrew Sephien, Rajalakshmi Arunachalam, Rahul Mhaskar, Andrew San Antonio, and Jeffery Jordan
A Systematic Critical Appraisal of Clinical Practice Guidelines in Heart Failure Using the AGREE II Tool, Andrew Sephien, Denisse Camille Dayto, Tea Reljic, Wojciech Blonski, Nishant Nerella, Xavier Prida, and Ambuj Kumar
What is Next for Patients and Medical Students in Longitudinal Integrated Clerkships?, Andrew Sephien and Ambuj Kumar
Mycotic Aneurysm of the Thoracoabdominal Aorta: A Diagnostic Challenge, Maham Shahid, Benjamin Phan, Vincent Tir, Corey Engel, and Jessica El-Bahri
Herpes Simplex Virus Esophagitis in an Immunocompetent Patient., Raj Shah, Stuti Patel, Richard Henriquez, Jignesh Parikh, and Amar Mandalia
Giant Parathyroid Adenoma: A Case Report, Siddharth Shah, Priscilla Y. Fujikawa, Kenneth Brand, Viraj Munshi, and Kashyap Patel
Vision Deficit Due to Pituitary Apoplexy, Siddharth Shah, Rumana Khan, Keenan Bayrakdar, and Christian Scott
A Rare Case of Amyand's Hernia, Siddharth Shah, Zeib Syed, keenan bayrakdar, Omar Elsayed, and Kavya Poluru
An Unusual Case of Haemophilus parainfluenzae Endocarditis in a Young Patient With Crohn’s Disease, Vishrut Shah, Garry Berdichevskiy, Veronica Abello, Hasnan M. Ijaz, Ihtisham Khalid, Mustafa Rahim, Muntaha Asif, and Henry Cusnir
Negative Serum Ascites Albumin Gradient (SAAG) in the Setting of Cholangiocarcinoma: A Case Report, Emily P. Shilakis, Raghav Bassi, Pranav Prakash, Eason Balakrishnan, Almari Ginory, and Matthew Calestino
Disseminated MAI in an HIV Patient-An Unusual Presentation, Joshni Simon, Joella Lambert, Jose Mosco-Guzman, Kaitlyn Dittmer, Alison Stern-Harbutte, and Weston Connelly
Cannabis Use: An Uncommon Cause of Hypokalemia-Induced Acute Paralysis, Angad Singh, Andre Apostolatos, Ajay Iyer, Benny Bescobedo, and Melissa Middlemas
TMP-SMX Induced Type 4 Hypersensitivity with Multi-Organ Involvement, Samantha Sircar, Melanie N. Rayan, and Peters Okonoboh
PASCAL repair system for patients with mitral regurgitation: A systematic review., Aswin Srinivasan, Jonathan Brown, Haris Ahmed, and Michael Daniel
Death Due to Drug Reaction with Eosinophilia and Systemic Symptoms (DRESS) Syndrome: A Case Report, Samantha P. Sternad, Jane Pangburn, Chad Johnston, and David Rowe
Tannerella forsythia, Fusobacterium nucleatum, and Suspected Actinomyces Causing Massive Empyema: A Case Report., Courtney Stewart, Allison McCafferty, and Robert Sherertz
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever Associated With Cardiac Arrhythmias, Zeib Syed, Christian Scott, Bao Nguyen, and Ei Phyu
A Case Report of Localized Vegetative Pyoderma Gangrenosum of the Foot in a Patient With Myasthenia Gravis in an Outpatient Setting, Zeib Syed, Shahrukh Syed, and Kate Burmaster
New-Onset Atrial Fibrillation Among COVID-19 Patients: A Narrative Review, Fahimeh Talaei, Akshat Banga, Amanda Pursell, Ann Gage, Namratha Pallipamu, Amith Reddy Seri, Ramesh Adhikari, Rahul Kashyap, and Salim Surani
Aeromonas caviae-Associated Severe Bloody Diarrhea, Xiaolan Tang, Anuoluwa Oyetoran, Tyler Jones, and Christopher L. Bray
Ischemic Colitis Secondary to Olanzapine and Clonidine Use in a Patient With a History of Laxative Abuse, Bosco C. Theodore, Ashley Foulkrod, Priscilla Y. Fujikawa, and Kashyap Patel
When Multiple Conditions Converge: An Unusual Case of Infectious Aortitis in a Patient With Prurigo Nodularis and an Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Endograft, Drew Thompson, Larissa Check, Christopher Pun, Connor Puett, and Mohamed Faris
Beyond the Norm: A Case of Prolonged Mpox Virus Infection, Paola Torres-Laboy, Michelle Militello, Rachel Dykes, and Karthik Krishnamurthy
Disseminated Miliary and Intestinal Tuberculosis Mimicking Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Danny Tran, Kunaal Patel, Areeba Ashfaq, and Brittany Lyons
Ventricular Tachycardia Induced by a Wandering Nephroureteral Stent, Cristian Valdez, Tony Alarcon, Andrew Kim, and Hatim Gemil
A Case of Gabapentin-Induced Angioedema in a 31-year-old Female, Cristian Valdez, Andrew Kim, and Tony Alarcon
Atrial Fibrillation: Rate Versus Rhythm Control, Carlos E. Vargas, Mina Bhatnagar, Haris Ahmed, Michael G. Flynn, and Thomas Alexander
Plant-based Diets and Postprandial Hyperkalemia, Aarushi Varshney, Leonie Dupuis, Monika Aggarwal, and Shivam Joshi
Individualize - But Do Not Universally Restrict - Dietary Potassium, Aarushi Varshney, Leonie Dupuis, Mario Mendoza-Sanchez, and Shivam Joshi
Cryptococcoma Presenting as a Central Nervous System Mass in an Immunocompetent Patient, Kritos Vasiloudes, Shivani Trivedi, Alyssa Brown, and Cristina Garcia
Who Left the Hospital Against Medical Advice During the Early COVID-19 Pandemic?, Bryan Werner and Se Won Lee
Acute Myocardial Infarction in a Young Male With COVID-19 Infection, Hovra Zahoor, Eboselumen Aigbe, Aamir Hussain, and Hema VanKayala
An Isolated Splenic Hydatid Cyst, Hovra Zahoor, Esra Sari, Jay Patel, and Nilmarie Guzman
Submissions from 2022
Uncertainties in the Management of ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction with Infective Endocarditis: A Systematic Review, Ramy Abdelmaseih, Ravi A. Thakker, Mustajab Hasan, Mohammad Faluk MD, Ali Mohsin Choudhry, Jigar H. Patel, and Wissam Khalife
Pheochromocytoma Resection and Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery: Chicken or the Egg??? - A Case Report, Randa Abdelmasih, Ramy Abdelmaseih, Kubra Tuna, Zainab Saeed, and Jiger Patel
A Case of Dulaglutide-Induced Acute Pancreatitis in a Diabetic Patient – A Case Report, Randa Abdelmasih, Randa Abdelmasih, Zainab Saeed, Bilal Ashraf, Ramy Abdelmaseih, and Hesham Nasser
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
Severe Gastroparesis Leading to Hypoglycemia and Subsequent Seizures, Nardine Abdelsayed, Angel Juarez, and Mary Carter
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
A Case of Recurrent Embolic Strokes in a Young Female With a Patent Foramen Ovale and Presumed Fibroelastoma., Nardine Abdelsayed, Kevin Parza, and Mohamed Faris
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