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A 60-year-old woman with bipolar disorder presented to a local hospital after being found unresponsive at home. When assessed by emergency medical services, she was found to be tachycardic to 180 beats per minute and received 3 doses of adenosine on transport with no effect. Given concern for altered mental status, she was intubated for […]

Cardiac tumors have generally been considered to be rare. They are often found incidentally, as they tend to remain clinically silent, but they can sometimes present with symptoms secondary to obstruction, embolization, or invasion of the myocardium. Most cardiac tumors are secondary tumors from metastases, with primary cardiac tumors constituting approximately 15% of all cardiac […]

Thrombosis of the inferior vena cava is an under-recognized entity that is associated with significant morbidity and mortality.1 It is estimated that 2.6%-4% of patients with deep vein thrombosis of the lower extremities have inferior vena cava thrombosis. The most common cause of inferior vena cava thrombosis is the presence of an unretrieved inferior vena cava […]

A 68-year-old woman with known idiopathic heart failure and severe reduced ejection fraction was admitted for aggravation of dyspnea and recurrent dysphonia over the past 6 months, progressing to constant hoarseness. Vitals signs were normal. Laboratory tests showed normal hemoglobin and white blood cell count, increased levels of N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP; 10574 pg/mL), […]

A 55-year-old man with a 3-month history of numbness and tingling in his extremities presented at a hospital. After obtaining a diagnosis of seronegative arthritis, the patient underwent immunosuppressive therapy with prednisone (5 mg/day) and salazosulfapyridine (100 mg/day). However, the symptoms did not improve, and he later experienced double vision. After 10 days, the patient […]

Phenomena known as cognitive biases, when applied to the details of a patient’s medical history, evidently steered the first attempts at diagnosis in the wrong direction. A 60-year-old man presented after 6 weeks of progressively worsening fevers, weight loss, malaise, night sweats, and confusion. Originally, the fevers were intermittent and low grade at 37.7°C (99.9°F). […]