Submissions from 2022
New Onset Heart Failure From Viral Myocarditis and Inflammatory Cardiomyopathy: A Case Report, Bir Singh, Kelvin Noronha, Johnathan Frunzi, and Francisco Abreu Brea
Recurrent Left-Sided Pleural Effusions in a Patient With Chronic Lymphedema, Kristin N Slater, Sohaib Ahmed, Uzoamaka Obodo, Sam Son, and Fagunkumar Modi
A Rare Colon Polypectomy Diagnosis: Description of a Unique Investigational Journey and Literature Review of Burkitt Lymphoma, Gregory Thomas C. Stanger, Xiaolan Tang, Leora Frimer, Melanie Rayan, and Uma Iyer
Implementation of the I-PASS handoff program in diverse clinical environments: A multicenter prospective effectiveness implementation study., Amy J Starmer, Nancy D Spector, Jennifer K O'Toole, Zia Bismilla, Sharon Calaman, Maria-Lucia Campos, Maitreya Coffey, Lauren A Destino, Jennifer L Everhart, Jenna Goldstein, Dionne A Graham, Jennifer H Hepps, Eric E Howell, Nicholas Kuzma, Greg Maynard, Patrice Melvin, Shilpa J Patel, Alina Popa, Glenn Rosenbluth, Jeffrey L Schnipper, Theodore C Sectish, Rajendu Srivastava, Daniel C West, Clifton E Yu, and Christopher P Landrigan
A Rare Case of Pancreatic Schwannoma, Anastasia Tambovtseva, Bilal Ashraf, Saud E. Suleiman, Ziad Suleiman, and Ziad Alaidy
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
Analysis of Myocardial Infarction and Myocardial Infarction Complications Before and During COVID-19 Pandemic from Multiple Hospitals, Magnus To, Timothy Ho, Omar Shahin, Hyunju Heineke, Napatkamon Ayutyanont, Javad Savoj, Syed Iftikhar, and Patrick Hu
A Broken Heart After Witnessing a Dying Heart: A Case of Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy., Magnus To, Yolanda Zhang, Alexander Tompkins, Ruby Chen, Kaustubh Patankar, and Sandeep Sangodkar
Nephrolithiasis in Crohn's Disease Patients: A Review of the Literature, George Trad, Sukhjinder Chauhan, Matthew Brockway, Victoria Diaz, and Hatim Gemil
Oculopharyngeal Muscular Dystrophy, Rare Genetic Disorder: A Case Report, George Trad, Nazanin Sheikhan, Victoria Diaz, Eujean Park, and Hatim Gemil
A Rare Complication of Hemorrhagic Shock Following a Paracentesis: Case Report, George Trad, Nazanin Sheikhan, and Hatim Gemil
Serum Lactate Dehydrogenase Levels: The Grim Reaper Sign in Acute Pancreatitis?, George Trad, Nazanin Sheikhan, Abdul Gheriani, Ismail Hader, John Ryan, and Kartika Shetty
Acute Esophageal Necrosis Syndrome (Black Esophagus): A Case Report of Rare Presentation, George Trad, Nazanin Sheikhan, Jason Ma, Abdul Gheriani, and Ahmed A. Sagaslli
Nonsurgical Approach to Isolated Pancreatic Metastatic Malignant Melanoma: A Case Report and Review of the Literature, George Trad, Nazanin Sheikhan, Andrew Nguyen, and Ismail Hader
Acute Typhlitis: A Rare Complication of FOLFIRINOX Chemotherapy in the Treatment of Advanced Pancreatic Cancer, Catherine Traylor, Larissa Check, and Mohamed Faris
A Case of Bilateral Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis: More Than Meets the Eye, Jordan Valenta, Nazanin Sheikhan, George Trad, Matthew Brockway, and Ann Wierman
Association of Dementia and Patient Outcomes Among COVID-19 Patients: A Multi-Center Retrospective Case-Control Study, Pratikkumar H Vekaria, Areej Syed, Jeffrey Anderson, Brendon Cornett, Amine Bourbia, Michael G Flynn, Rahul Kashyap, and Asif R Shah
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
Outcomes of Surgical and Mechanical Thrombectomy in Massive Saddle Pulmonary Embolism: A National Perspective., Nishok Victory Srinivasan, Jorge E Maldonado, Andrew Melek, Faris M Haddad, and Achint Patel
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
Outcomes of Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangio-pancreatography in Patients with Liver Transplant, Tsujung Yang, Achint Patel, Rishita Pujari, Vincent P Okine, Lakshmi G Chirumamilla, Geethu Jnaneswaran, Athul Raj, Keji L Kwajok, Ruchir Goswami, Prakashkumar Maiyani, Maheshkumar Desai, Hardikkumar Shah, and Matthew Grossman
Ulcerated Tophaceous Gout, Hovra Zahoor, Ronak Patel, and Jessica El-Bahri
Cardioembolic-Related Renal Infarction, Keven Zhang, Tusharkumar Pansuriya, Aswin Srinivasan, Harris Khawaja, Ahmed Qadri, and Zuhair Ali
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
Repeat Episodes of Massive Hemoptysis Due to an Anomalous Origin of the Right Bronchial Artery in a Patient with a History of Coccidioidomycosis, Blerina Asllanaj, Elizabeth Jane Benge MD, Yi McWhorter, and Sapna Bhatia
Barbiturates Versus Benzodiazepine for the Treatment of Severe Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Clinical Trials, Blerina Asllanaj, Eric Chang, Maha Hassan, and Yi McWhorter
An Atypical Case of Congenital Lobar Emphysema in an Adult, Non-Smoker Patient Presenting with Pneumothorax., Zekarias T. Asnake, Joshua K. Salabei, Jordan B. Pierce, Angela Fernandez-Manovel, Ramin Ahmad, Zeeshan Ismail, and Matthew Calestino
Cerebrovascular Accident and SARS-CoV-19 (COVID-19): A Systematic Review., Amira Athanasios, Ivy Daley, Anjali Patel, Olu Oyesanmi, Parth Desai, and Johnathan Frunzi
Disseminated Cryptococcus in an Immunocompetent Patient Due to Prison Yard Pigeon Exposure, Matthew Barvo, Nicholas James, and Muhammad Ayyaz
Pharyngitis Workup Leads to the Discovery of Massive Tricuspid Vegetation, Matthew M Barvo, Jacob Pletz, Gbemisola Johnson, and Muhammad Ayyaz
Triple threat: Bilateral Renal Artery Thrombosis and Heparin Induced Thrombocytopenia in a Patient with COVID-19, A Case Report, Elizabeth Benge and Yi McWhorter
Kratom-Induced Liver Injury: A Case Series and Clinical Implications., Mahesh Botejue, Gurjot Walia, Omar Shahin, Jyotsna Sharma, and Rasiq Zackria
Pacemaker Lead Migration and Ventricular Perforation in a Patient Presenting with Chest Pain., Maria C. Cañizares-Otero and Mauricio Danckers
Brucellosis Presenting with Febrile Pancytopenia: An Atypical Presentation of a Common Disease and Review of Brucellosis, Carina Chang, Bryce D. Beutler, Mark B. Ulanja, Chukwudum Uche, and Milan Zdrnja
Achromobacter xylosoxidans/denitrificans Bacteremia in a Patient With Good’s Syndrome, Saiara Choudhury, Sudhakar Papineni, Srikanth Ramachandruni, Jurairat Molina, and Salim Surani
Opioid-Associated Amnestic Syndrome, William Ciurylo and Elizabeth Noh
Who is at Risk for Cardiomyopathy in COVID-19, Diana Daftari, Javad Savoj, George Skaf, Samantha Gelman, Napatkamon Ayutyanont, Hyunju Heineke, and Mimi S. Biswas
Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformation, Aunie Danyalian and Felix Hernandez
Ischemic Nephropathy Following Occlusion of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Graft: A Case Report, Kevin Dao, Pooja Patel, Erin Pollock DO, Andrew Mangano, and Kiranpreet Gosal
An Unusual Case of Breast Swelling After Thoracostomy, Liane De Guzman, Pahnwat Taweesedt, Humayun Anjum, Alamgir Khan, and Salim Surani
Inpatient Hypoglycemia in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease, Justin Do, Hoda Mojazi-Amiri, Hyunju Heineke, Napatkamon Ayutyanont, Chelsea McQueen, Bahman Moghadam, and Scott Kubomoto
A Case of Recurrent Paralysis and Low Potassium: Is It the Thyroid?, Justin Do and Hoveda Mufti
The Role of Extra Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation in Amniotic Fluid Embolism: A Case Report and Literature Review, Shalini Durgam, Munish Sharma, Rahul Dadhwal, Abhay Vakil, and Salim Surani
Acute Esophageal Necrosis Following Acetaminophen Overdose: An Unreported Cause of Black Esophagus, Karolina Dziadkowiec, Renuka Reddy, and Akiva Marcus
Schmidt’s Syndrome Presenting as Diabetic Ketoacidosis and Adrenal Crisis: A Case Report and Review of Literature, Marines Faya, Randa Abdelmasih, Kubra Tuna, Adrianna Gatt, and Amruth Bapatla
Autoimmune Myasthenia, Primary Adrenal Insufficiency, and Progressive Hypothyroidism Due to Pembrolizumab and Axitinib Combination Regimen, Nikole Figueroa-Perez, Rahul Kashyap, Deepinder Bal, Syed Anjum Khan, and Vishwanath Pattan
Neuromyelitis Optica in a Healthy Female After Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 mRNA-1273 Vaccine, Priscilla Y. Fujikawa, Farhan Shah, Michalla Braford, Kashyap Patel, and Jason Madey
Impact of Delayed HIV Diagnosis on Non-AIDS Defining Cancers: A Case Report, Megan Gaines, Jean B. Wiggins, and William Hannah
Case Report: GPA Presenting as Neuropathy, Ann George, Azin Azarfar, Shazia Beg, and Maria Farooq
Vaping-associated Lung Injury: A Case Report and Literature Review, Dewansh Goel and Kenneth Iyamu
An Uncommon Unilateral Primary T Cell Adrenal Lymphoma: A Case Report, Kiranpreet Gosal, Mitsy Moreno Barr, David Moccia, and Pooja Patel
Underrecognized Zieve's syndrome: A Case Report, Kiran Gosal, Pratishtha Singh, Katherine Westbrook, and Meg Kanoy Carter
Incidence of Acute Ischemic Stroke in Hospitalized Patients With Atrial Fibrillation Who Had Anticoagulation Interruption: A Retrospective Study., Syed Mustajab Hasan, Mohammad Faluk MD, Ramy Abdelmaseih, Jay D Patel, Ravi Thakker, Jay J Chacko, Dewid Zayas Zuazaga, Alexis L. Finer, Aiham Albaeni, and Khalid Abusaada
May-Thurner Compressive Syndrome Unmasked by Rapid Weight Loss, Hesham A. Hassan, Jan-Paul Sambataro, and James C. Abraham
Methamphetamine Associated Cardiomyopathy in Pregnancy: The Distinctions and the Implications, Ashan Hatharasinghe and Hossein Akhondi
Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumor (PanNET) Presenting with a Concomitant Ampulla of Vater Abnormality on Endoscopy, Ashan T. Hatharasinghe
An Assessment of the Diagnostic Value in Syncope Workup: A Retrospective Study, Ashan T. Hatharasinghe, Kayvon Etebar, Ryan Wolsky, Hossein Akhondi, and Napatkamon Ayutyanont
Subacute Idiopathic Pericarditis with a Large Pericardial Effusion in a Young Adult Seven Months Post COVID-19 (SARS-Cov-2) Infection, Ashan T. Hatharasinghe and Andrey Manov
Mycobacterium abscessus Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Infection, Danay Herrera, Aunie Danyalian, Daniel Kaswan, Nicole L. Cohen, Miguel Edelstein, Andres Rivero, and Paola Solari
Effects of Anticoagulation on Low-Density Lipoprotein-Cholesterol and Ischemic Stroke in Patients with Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation, Zeeshan Ismail, Zekarias T. Asnake, and Joshua K. Salabei
Third-Degree Heart Block Associated With Saddle Pulmonary Embolism: A Rare Sequelae of COVID-19-Induced Hypercoagulable State, Zeeshan Ismail, Joshua Salabei, Gregoy Stanger, Zekarias Asnake, Leora Frimer, and Andrew Smock
Remdesivir-Induced Symptomatic Bradycardia in the Treatment of COVID-19 Disease, Jomel Jacinto, Milan Patel, Justin Hao Goh, and Kenneth Yamamura
A Call to Action: Preventing Opioid and Substance Abuse in South Florida Youth, Julie A. Jacko, Katherine P. Cohen, Cathaerina Appadoo, Arkene S. Levy, Timothy F. Page, Michael J. Parker, Solina Pierre-Gilles, and Francois Sainfort
Diabetic Ketoacidosis: Possible Cause of Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura., Logan J Jackson, Hannah Fischer, Nardine Abdelsayed, and Mary Carter
Use of Right Ventricular Assisted Device for Right Heart Failure in a Patient With Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome., Muhammad Umair Jahngir and Payam Nabizadeh-Eraghi
Case Series: The Coexistence of Thrombocytopenia and Thromboembolism in COVID-19 Patients on ECMO: A Case Series and Literature Review., Can Jones, Kai Chen, and Vijay Narendran
Adrenal Crisis Secondary to Influenza and Tetanus Vaccination in an Adult Without Known Adrenal Insufficiency: A Case of Autoimmune Adrenalitis, Shiwani Kamath, Jessica Khabra, Parth R. Desai MD, and Johnathan Frunzi
Critical Limb Ischemia in a Young Patient With a Mechanical Aortic Valve Leading to Bilateral Above-Knee Amputation, Shiwani Kamath, Abid Ulhaque, Rias Ali, and Johnathan frunzi
Hematuria in Pregnancy Due to Renal Arteriovenous Malformation: A Case Report, Ashie Kapoor, Leo Yamaguchi, Sherwin Azad, and Yi McWhorter
Nitrofurantoin-Induced Acute Pancreatitis, Suhail Kayyali, Janyll Castineira, Bhavik Upadhyay, and Steven Beljic
Bee Attack or Heart Attack: Kounis Syndrome, Kashmala Khan, Gabor Szalai, Humayun Anjum, Francis Dimtri, Deanna Yamamura, and Salim Surani