Submissions from 2021
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
Reverse Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy in the Setting of Acute Asthma Exacerbation, Muhammad Khan, Alexander Howell, Thuy Pham, and Nilmarie Guzman
A Rare Presentation of an Acute Type A Aortic Dissection Obscured Due to the Simultaneous Presence of Acute Pancreatitis, Amrin M. Kharawala, Nirav Brahmbhatt, Huzefa Bhopalwala, Nakeya Dewaswala, Adnan Bhopalwala, Waqas Ghumman, and Robert Dean Chait
Ureteral Stent Migration Through Colovesical and Vesicovaginal Fistulas in a Patient with Stage IV Cervical Cancer Treated with Pelvic Radiation, Jennifer Klein and Sunil Gandhi
A Growing Two-Decade-Old True Left Ventricular Aneurysm: A Case Report, Alexander Kong, Ramses Ramirez Damera, Alberto Perez Buitrago, Hiep C. Nguyen, and Sayed T. Hussain
Parvovirus Reactivation in COVID-19, Peter Y. Lai, Alan Vu, Siva Sarva, Gnananandh Jayaraman, and Ramesh Kesavan
Correlates of Delayed Initial Contact to Emergency Services among Patients with Suspected ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction., Osayi Lawani, Nicholas Gorman, Fiona Gorman, Jiries Ganim, and Stefano Sdringola-Maranga
An Incidental Discovery Following Hypertension and Headaches: A Pheochromocytoma Case Report, Geoffrey Lindblad; Stephanie Prater; Ashley Hall; Sheyla Gonzalez, MD; and Danay Herrera
Right Ventricular Dysfunction/Enlargement as a Prognostic Marker for Mortality in Patients with COVID-19 Infection, Muhammad Madkour, Karim El-Sherief, Patrick Hu, and Javad Savoj
Multi-Vessel Coronary Artery Ectasia., Muhammad Madkour and Patrick Hu
Extensive Coronary Thrombosis as a Sequelae of COVID-19 Presenting as a STEMI., Muhammad Madkour, Javad Savoj, Syed Iftikhar, and Alain Waked
Starvation Ketoacidosis Induced by Ketogenic Diet and Consumption of Ketone Supplement, Manjot S. Malhi, Frank Duerson, Joshua K. Salabei, and Peters Okonoboh
A Curious Case of PTH Independent Hypercalcemia Secondary to Silicone Injections, Moises Matos, Ahsan Farooq, Heidi Peynado De Pena, Hanford Yau, and Asif Uddin
A Grave Case of COVID-19: SARS-CoV-2 Induced Autoimmune Hyperthyroidism, Moises Matos, Hilda Merino-Chavez, and Suzanne Martinez
Acute Renal Failure following Novel Subcutaneous Fat Reduction with Injected Ice Slurry., Daniel L. McMahan, Hangameh Dehbozorgi, Quy N. Lam, Calvin Le, Justin Richardson, Alexandra Villacres, and Fysal Albaalbaki
Case report: Challenges in Making the Diagnosis of Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, Yi McWhorter
Recurrent Hiatal Hernia Resulting in Rightward Mediastinal Shift: Diagnostics in Cardiology and Clinical Pearls., Divy Mehra, Javier Alvarado, Yanet Diaz-Martell, Lino Saavedra, and James Davenport
A High-Dose Cortisol Receptor Antagonist for the Management of Severe Hyperglycemia in a Patient With an Adrenocortical Carcinoma, Hilda Merino-Chavez, Nancy Torres Luna, Gabriela Zuniga Paniagua, and Hanford Yau
A Case of Hemodynamically Unstable Sick Sinus Syndrome Secondary to Refeeding Syndrome, Michael Mgerian, Suzanne Havican, Frances Wolf, and Nioti Karim
Differences in the Relationship Between Diabetes and Prostate Cancer Among Black and White Non-Hispanic Men, Eric A Miller, Paul F Pinsky, and Dudith Pierre-Victor
Incidental Findings of Asystole in a Patient With Complaints of Near Syncope: A Case Report on Paroxysmal Ventricular Standstill, William Moles, Anne Barnes, Ahmed Khan, Kashyap Patel, and Nadine Bos
A Surprising Outcome of Metastatic Pheochromocytoma Misdiagnosed as Renal Cell Carcinoma: A Case Report, Elio P. Monsour, Randa Abdelmasih, Joshua Pothen, Rima Gandhi, and Frank Ramharrack
Hyperhemolysis in the Setting of Mixed-Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia: A Rare Complication of COVID-19., Sonya Narula, Sean Winkle, Kenneth Brand, Farhan Shah, Priscilla Y. Fujikawa, Tyler Truitt, and Mark Currie
Case Report of a Near-fatal Case of Mycobacterium massiliense Sepsis after De-clotting of an Arteriovenous Fistula, Haroon Nawaz, Ayesha Choudhry, and William Morse
A Case of Coombs-Negative Hemolytic Anemia Prompting Diagnosis of SARS‐CoV‐2, Thanuja Neerukonda, Walid Moughabel, Justin Chen, Devansh Patel, and Faiza Manji
Chronic Sleep Deprivation in a 75-year-old Female Leading to Increased Falls and a Daytime Microsleeps, John B. Nelson, Michael Anderson, and Neeley Remmers
Air Leak in COVID-19 Patients, Jonathan Nieves, Tarig Elhakim, Valentina Rojas Ortiz, Gabriel Silva, Robert Hernandez, and Jose Gascon
Non-Aspirin NSAIDs Use is Associated with Lowering of Liver Fibrosis Scores in Patients with Fatty Liver Disease, Ikechukwu R. Ogbu, Hossein Akhondi, Napatkamon Ayutyanont, Andrey Manov, and Vignan Manne
July Effect on Mortality and Complications in Patients With ARDS in US Teaching Hospitals., Titilope Olanipekun, Abimbola Chris-Olaiya, Shawn B. Esperti, Vinod Nambudiri, Richard Duff, and Gloria Westney
A 78-Year-Old Man with a Pulmonary Embolism Who Developed Skin Necrosis 7 Days After Treatment with the Direct Oral Anticoagulant Factor Xa Inhibitor Apixaban., Tusharkumar Pansuriya, Trung Nguyen, Mir Ali Sadat, Syed A Raza, and Sivatej Sarva
Acute Reversal of Systolic Heart Failure in a Case of Coxsackievirus Myocarditis, Tushar Pansuriya, Hytham Rashid, Aswin Srinivasan, Branden Wilson, Ramesh Kesavan, Gnananandh Jayaraman, and Sivatej Sarva
Immunotherapy-Induced Acute Tubulointerstitial Nephritis, Kevin Parza, Kevin Dao, Pooja Patel, Nicolina M. Scibelli, Andrew Mangano, and Maryam Gondal
Occult Perforated Gangrenous Gallbladder Found on Magnetic Resonance Cholangiopancreatography, Kevin Parza, Pooja M. Patel, Nicolina Scibelli, and Jilian Sansbury
Atypical Mycobacterial Tenosynovitis in the Setting of Adalimumab Use, Jay Patel, Nilmarie Guzman, and Kurt Wukitsch