Submissions from 2023
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
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