A 45-year-old man had been diagnosed with right cholesteatoma and mastoiditis, and he received mastoidectomy and tympanotomy 1 year previous. Since…
Money can’t buy love — or friendship
While researchers have suggested that individuals who base their self-worth on their financial success often feel lonely in everyday life,…
Fitz-Hugh-Curtis Syndrome Presenting as Acute Abdomen
A 19-year-old woman presented with abdominal pain and fever for 1 week. Physical examination revealed diffuse abdominal tenderness without vaginal…
Outcomes of Acute Myocardial Infarction in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
There is paucity of data on the outcomes of acute myocardial infarction in patients with rheumatoid arthritis in the contemporary…
Hyperglycemia in Medically Critically Ill Patients: Risk Factors and Clinical Outcomes
We aimed to robustly categorize glycemic control in our medical ICU as either acceptable or suboptimal based on time-weighted daily…
Middle-Aged Man with Left Limbs Weakness
A 45-year-old man had been diagnosed with right cholesteatoma and mastoiditis, and he received mastoidectomy and tympanotomy 1 year ago. Since…
SUBACUTE COMBINED DEGENERATION OF THE SPINAL CORD
A 67-year-old man presented to the emergency department with a 3-month history of persistent numbness below the level of the…
A Peculiar Phenotype Hindering Early Diagnosis: Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia 2B Syndrome
A 28-year-old Chinese man presented to the emergency department (ED) with acute onset of abdominal distension, generalized abdominal pain, and…
“A Pause for Pot”
We present the case of a 19 year-old, 59 kilogram woman with a history of syncopal events since childhood. The…
Disease Control, Civil Liberties, and Mass Testing — Calibrating Restrictions during the Covid-19 Pandemic
Urgent responses to the Covid-19 pandemic have halted movement and work and dramatically changed daily routines for much of the…