Brief Case


January 31, 2024 | FREE
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Advanced dementia and respiratory failure

A case highlights the importance of addressing prognosis before making care decisions.

December 20, 2023 | FREE
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Babesiosis

An older patient with multiple comorbidities presented with headaches, fevers, myalgias, arthralgias, and some loss of balance.

November 1, 2023 | FREE
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Spinal epidural abscess

A patient presented with acute-on-chronic lumbosacral back pain and new-onset urinary incontinence.

September 13, 2023 | FREE
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Recurrent primary spontaneous pneumothorax

A patient with HIV presented with chest tightness and lightheadedness.

August 9, 2023 | FREE
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Cases from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas

A group of cases involving lytic lesions.

July 12, 2023 | FREE
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Cefepime-induced neurotoxicity

An elderly patient presented with confusion three days after a hospitalization for osteomyelitis.

May 31, 2023 | FREE
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Hypercalcemia from calcium sulfate antibiotic beads

A patient was admitted with right hip pain from a chronic prosthetic joint infection.

March 29, 2023 | FREE
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Rapidly progressive cerebral edema in cryptococcal meningitis

A patient previously diagnosed with an upper respiratory infection presented with fever, headache, and confusion.

March 15, 2023 | FREE
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Superior vena cava occlusion without malignancy

A patient with end-stage renal disease presented with one week of facial and left-arm edema.

January 18, 2023 | FREE
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Pseudo-Wellens syndrome with Takotsubo cardiomyopathy

A patient was transferred for evaluation for non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction.

December 7, 2022 | FREE
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Cranial nerve III palsy

A patient with kidney disease and diabetes presented with diplopia and severe left-sided ptosis.

October 26, 2022 | FREE
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An atypical presentation of microscopic polyangiitis

A patient was admitted after outpatient labs indicated acute worsening of kidney disease and anemia.

September 28, 2022 | FREE
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Sumatriptan-induced polymorphic ventricular tachycardia

A patient with atypical chest pain and negative stress tests suddenly became pulseless.

August 24, 2022 | FREE
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Glycogenic hepatopathy

A 21-year-old man with type 1 diabetes presented to the hospital with nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain. Physical exam showed hepatosplenomegaly.

July 13, 2022 | FREE
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Disseminated histoplasmosis with CNS involvement

A patient progressed from diarrhea and fever to status epilepticus when infection penetrated the central nervous system (CNS).

June 15, 2022 | FREE
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Pneumocystis pneumonia in an HIV-negative patient

A patient with primary hyperparathyroidism, rheumatoid arthritis, and inclusion-body myositis presented with fatigue, nausea, and vomiting.

April 20, 2022 | FREE
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Syphilis cases from Thomas Jefferson University

Four cases highlight the varied complications and presentations of syphilis.

March 9, 2022 | FREE
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Infected femoral closure device after cardiac catheterization

A patient presented with cellulitis at a vascular access site 10 days after undergoing cardiac catheterization.

Hypercalcemia after silicone injections

A patient presented with nausea, loss of appetite, and weight loss of approximately 20 pounds. Lab tests revealed hypercalcemia.

Pyogenic flexor tenosynovitis

A patient presented with pain, swelling, and erythema of the right thumb.

Mechanism of pauses on telemetry

A patient presented with multiple episodes of transient unresponsiveness.

A collection of individual cases

Cardiac repolarization, Takayasu arteritis, and more.

Individual case: Coxsackievirus B infection

A patient on pre-exposure prophylaxis presented with fever, headache, and other symptoms.

Bonus online case: Insulinoma with Whipple's triad

A patient reported repeated episodes of symptomatic hypoglycemia.

Bonus online case: Pulmonary coccidioidomycosis

The patient had been seen repeatedly for progressive dyspnea and a dry cough.

Individual case: Streptococcus agalactiae infective endocarditis

The patient presented with progressive weakness of the extremities that had become so severe he could not walk.

Individual case: Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura

A patient presented to the ED with recent fever and rectal pain with a small amount of bleeding.

Bonus online case: Acute CMV infection

A patient with four weeks of fevers diagnosed with cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection.

Individual case: Primary angiitis of the central nervous system

A patient with hallucinations and headache is found to have a rare form of vasculitis.

Cases from Yale-New Haven Hospital

This new quarterly column summarizes interesting patients in their doctors' words.

Real cases from Yale-New Haven Hospital

The Brief Case is a new, quarterly column comprising summaries of real-life inpatient cases.