Richard H. Liu, Khan O. Mohammad, Hanna Fanous, Megan K. Kressin, Caitlin Giesler, Yan Liu
Left ventricular (LV) thrombus is a complication primarily associated with significant left ventricular dysfunction and/or other identifiable medical conditions. This clinical vignette presents the first case of an isolated left ventricular thrombus caused by minimally symptomatic COVID-19 in a functionally normal heart of previously healthy individual.
{"title":"COVID-19–Induced Left Ventricular Thrombus in a Functionally Normal Heart","authors":"Richard H. Liu, Khan O. Mohammad, Hanna Fanous, Megan K. Kressin, Caitlin Giesler, Yan Liu","doi":"10.7326/aimcc.2022.1272","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7326/aimcc.2022.1272","url":null,"abstract":"Left ventricular (LV) thrombus is a complication primarily associated with significant left ventricular dysfunction and/or other identifiable medical conditions. This clinical vignette presents the first case of an isolated left ventricular thrombus caused by minimally symptomatic COVID-19 in a functionally normal heart of previously healthy individual.","PeriodicalId":72222,"journal":{"name":"Annals of internal medicine. Clinical cases","volume":"50 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135387569","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jorge A. Irizarry-Caro, Stephanie L. Egge, Mohammad Alsheikh-Kassim, Shivika Chandra, Eileell Nguyen, Juliet Chijioke, Roberto C. Arduino
Neurosyphilis constitutes a heterogenous clinical presentation that, in rare cases, can include seizures. The immunosuppression caused by HIV may influence the clinical presentation of syphilis, leading to severe complications. We report a case of a 27-year-old man who presented with status epilepticus as a manifestation of syphilitic meningoencephalitis and a new diagnosis of HIV.
{"title":"Syphilitic Meningoencephalitis Presenting as Status Epilepticus in a Patient With HIV","authors":"Jorge A. Irizarry-Caro, Stephanie L. Egge, Mohammad Alsheikh-Kassim, Shivika Chandra, Eileell Nguyen, Juliet Chijioke, Roberto C. Arduino","doi":"10.7326/aimcc.2023.0040","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7326/aimcc.2023.0040","url":null,"abstract":"Neurosyphilis constitutes a heterogenous clinical presentation that, in rare cases, can include seizures. The immunosuppression caused by HIV may influence the clinical presentation of syphilis, leading to severe complications. We report a case of a 27-year-old man who presented with status epilepticus as a manifestation of syphilitic meningoencephalitis and a new diagnosis of HIV.","PeriodicalId":72222,"journal":{"name":"Annals of internal medicine. Clinical cases","volume":"1101 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135387575","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Evelyn Fagan, Alexis G. Strahan, Candler Kimsey Blake, Rebecca Campen
Pityriasis rosea (PR) is a papulosquamous dermatosis seen most commonly in children and young adults. Variants of PR occur in 1 in 5 cases and can significantly impact a patient's quality of life. We present a case of a 78-year-old woman who developed a pruritic, erythematous rash consisting of annular patches on her face, bilateral arms and legs, and vulva. After months of persistent, progressive symptoms, she was diagnosed with persistent pityriasis rosea (PPR), a rare variant of PR. This case highlights the importance of recognizing variants of PR to allow for timely diagnosis and avoidance of over- or under-treatment.
{"title":"Pityriasis Rosea Variant: Persistent Pityriasis Rosea in a 78-Year-Old Female Patient","authors":"Evelyn Fagan, Alexis G. Strahan, Candler Kimsey Blake, Rebecca Campen","doi":"10.7326/aimcc.2023.0342","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7326/aimcc.2023.0342","url":null,"abstract":"Pityriasis rosea (PR) is a papulosquamous dermatosis seen most commonly in children and young adults. Variants of PR occur in 1 in 5 cases and can significantly impact a patient's quality of life. We present a case of a 78-year-old woman who developed a pruritic, erythematous rash consisting of annular patches on her face, bilateral arms and legs, and vulva. After months of persistent, progressive symptoms, she was diagnosed with persistent pityriasis rosea (PPR), a rare variant of PR. This case highlights the importance of recognizing variants of PR to allow for timely diagnosis and avoidance of over- or under-treatment.","PeriodicalId":72222,"journal":{"name":"Annals of internal medicine. Clinical cases","volume":"54 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135387572","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pituitary apoplexy can cause a chemical meningitis and its mimicry in presentation with infectious meningitis poses a diagnostic challenge. Here we report an 18-year-old woman who presented with acute headache, altered mental status, and cerebral spinal fluid (CSF) pleocytosis, and clinically improved with antibiotics and steroids. Despite an unremarkable head computed tomography scan, brain magnetic resonance imaging showed a pituitary macroadenoma with apoplexy. This is one of the first reports of an adolescent with pituitary apoplexy masquerading as infectious meningitis and underscores the importance of keeping this rare condition, often missed on CT scans, on the differential for CSF pleocytosis.
{"title":"Pituitary apoplexy as a mimicker of infectious meningitis in an adolescent female patient.","authors":"Justine P Enns, Timour Al-Khindi, Catherine Wu, Mamuka Machaidze, Joowhan Sung","doi":"10.7326/aimcc.2022.1328","DOIUrl":"10.7326/aimcc.2022.1328","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Pituitary apoplexy can cause a chemical meningitis and its mimicry in presentation with infectious meningitis poses a diagnostic challenge. Here we report an 18-year-old woman who presented with acute headache, altered mental status, and cerebral spinal fluid (CSF) pleocytosis, and clinically improved with antibiotics and steroids. Despite an unremarkable head computed tomography scan, brain magnetic resonance imaging showed a pituitary macroadenoma with apoplexy. This is one of the first reports of an adolescent with pituitary apoplexy masquerading as infectious meningitis and underscores the importance of keeping this rare condition, often missed on CT scans, on the differential for CSF pleocytosis.</p>","PeriodicalId":72222,"journal":{"name":"Annals of internal medicine. Clinical cases","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10786407/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48664671","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Thilini Delungahawatta, David Blackwood, Christopher J. Haas
{"title":"Broadening the Differential for Obstructive Jaundice: Lemmel Syndrome","authors":"Thilini Delungahawatta, David Blackwood, Christopher J. Haas","doi":"10.7326/aimcc.2023.0410","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7326/aimcc.2023.0410","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72222,"journal":{"name":"Annals of internal medicine. Clinical cases","volume":"78 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135387573","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Chylothorax is an uncommon type of pleural effusion caused by the accumulation of chyle in the pleural space. It represents 2% to 3% of pleural effusions and can be classified into 4 categories: traumatic, malignant, idiopathic, or miscellaneous. Chylothoraces may carry high morbidity and mortality, especially when associated with trauma or malignancies. We present 3 cases of nontraumatic chylothorax confirmed by pleural fluid analysis, with different etiologies, seen by the pulmonary department at our hospital in 2022. They represent the wide spectrum of conditions that can be associated with this unusual finding.
{"title":"Nontraumatic Chylothorax: A Case Series From a Safety-Net Hospital","authors":"Rafaella Litvin, Almurtada Razok, Mona Dasgupta, Enrique Martinez Trevino, Mohamed Saad Eldin, Sherene Fakhran","doi":"10.7326/aimcc.2023.0119","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7326/aimcc.2023.0119","url":null,"abstract":"Chylothorax is an uncommon type of pleural effusion caused by the accumulation of chyle in the pleural space. It represents 2% to 3% of pleural effusions and can be classified into 4 categories: traumatic, malignant, idiopathic, or miscellaneous. Chylothoraces may carry high morbidity and mortality, especially when associated with trauma or malignancies. We present 3 cases of nontraumatic chylothorax confirmed by pleural fluid analysis, with different etiologies, seen by the pulmonary department at our hospital in 2022. They represent the wide spectrum of conditions that can be associated with this unusual finding.","PeriodicalId":72222,"journal":{"name":"Annals of internal medicine. Clinical cases","volume":"22 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135387574","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kevin J. Karlic, Andrew C. Chang, John Z. Ayanian, Allison L. Ruff
Intrapulmonary mature teratomas are extremely rare, benign neoplasms that arise from the lung. In this case, we present a 40-year-old man with a 1.5-year history of mild exertional dyspnea during physical exercise. Pulmonary function tests revealed restrictive lung disease and computed tomography (CT) of the chest showed a left mediastinal mass consistent with a mature teratoma obstructing the left ventricle and right ventricular outflow tract. Surgical resection revealed that the mass originated from the left upper lobe of the lung, while surgical pathology confirmed the diagnosis of intrapulmonary mature teratoma. Although commonly asymptomatic, intrapulmonary mature teratomas are a rare cause of mildly symptomatic restrictive lung disease.
{"title":"An Extremely Rare Cause of Restrictive Lung Disease: Intrapulmonary Mature Teratoma","authors":"Kevin J. Karlic, Andrew C. Chang, John Z. Ayanian, Allison L. Ruff","doi":"10.7326/aimcc.2023.0697","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7326/aimcc.2023.0697","url":null,"abstract":"Intrapulmonary mature teratomas are extremely rare, benign neoplasms that arise from the lung. In this case, we present a 40-year-old man with a 1.5-year history of mild exertional dyspnea during physical exercise. Pulmonary function tests revealed restrictive lung disease and computed tomography (CT) of the chest showed a left mediastinal mass consistent with a mature teratoma obstructing the left ventricle and right ventricular outflow tract. Surgical resection revealed that the mass originated from the left upper lobe of the lung, while surgical pathology confirmed the diagnosis of intrapulmonary mature teratoma. Although commonly asymptomatic, intrapulmonary mature teratomas are a rare cause of mildly symptomatic restrictive lung disease.","PeriodicalId":72222,"journal":{"name":"Annals of internal medicine. Clinical cases","volume":"90 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135387580","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. E. Romero Noboa, A. Razok, K. Patolia, Saman Tanveer, Faria Sami
{"title":"Sweet Syndrome and Sarcoidosis: A Case Report","authors":"M. E. Romero Noboa, A. Razok, K. Patolia, Saman Tanveer, Faria Sami","doi":"10.7326/aimcc.2023.0254","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7326/aimcc.2023.0254","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72222,"journal":{"name":"Annals of internal medicine. Clinical cases","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42967066","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Polymer Coating Embolism: Cause of Left Pulmonary Artery Stenosis in an Infant","authors":"Amane Matsuura, Yo Kajiyama, Tomoko Iehara","doi":"10.7326/aimcc.2023.0583","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7326/aimcc.2023.0583","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72222,"journal":{"name":"Annals of internal medicine. Clinical cases","volume":"58 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135387579","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}