35-year-old man presenting after a fall
A 35-year-old man with a past medical history significant for Chiari malformation and pulmonary embolism (PE) treated with Xarelto pres…
Case Category: Gastrointestinal
Four patients ages 72 to 93 with acute gastrointestinal bleeding
Four patients (three female, one male; mean age 79 years old; age range 72-93 years old) with recurring melena/rectorrhagia and anemia were admitted.…
39-year-old woman with abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting
A 39 year-old woman presented with nausea and vomiting of five days' duration.
69-year-old woman with abdominal pain
A 69-year-old woman with scleroderma presented with abdominal pain she had been experiencing for the past five days.
21-year-old woman with acute abdominal pain and vomiting
A 21-year-old woman with no significant past medical history presented with an acute episode of worsening abdominal pain and vomiting. Over the previo…
71-year-old woman with chronic cough
A 71-year-old woman with a history of stage IV follicular thyroid cancer status post-thyroidectomy with pulmonary metastases, endometrial cancer …
60-year-old woman with chronic dyspepsia and nausea
A 60-year-old woman with a history of stage IA invasive ductal cell carcinoma of the left breast (postlumpectomy and postradiation) and Roux-en-Y gast…
56-year-old woman with nausea and vomiting after endoscopic procedure
A 56-year-old woman presented with intractable nausea and vomiting a week after an endoscopic procedure to treat a duodenal AVM.
52-year-old man with abdominal pain, leukocytosis, and elevated CRP
A 52-year-old man presented to the emergency department with abdominal pain, leukocytosis, and elevated C-reactive protein.
84-year-old woman with worsening frailty and unintentional weight loss
An 84-year-old woman presented with worsening frailty and unintentional weight loss.