CLINICAL CASE OF THE MONTH

Abstracts from the Louisiana American College of Physicians Associates Meeting

Case 1 - January-February

A 31-year-old, HIV-Positive Man Presenting
with Emesis and Bloody Diarrhea
Bryan DiBuono, MD; Tatiana Saavedra, MD; Leo Pei, MD;
David P. Nussbaumer, III, MD and Fred A. Lopez, MD (Section Editor)

Case 6 - November-December

Staphylococcal Scalded Skin Syndrome: A Rare Complication of a Common Pathogen
Mohit Ahuja, MD; John Hrom, MD; Amy Woods, MD; Andy Brown, MD, MPH; and Fred A. Lopez, MD

Case 5 - September-October

Sinonasal Tumor Presenting as Chronic Nasal Congestion
Anupama Kewalramani, MD; Matthew Aresery, MD; Curtis L. Hedberg, MD; Laurianne Wild, MD; and Fred A. Lopez, MD, FACP

Case 4 - July-August

A 64-year-old Man with Postprandial Epigastric Pain
Arthur Richert, MD; Najy Masri, MD; Russell Wardlaw, MD; and Fred A. Lopez, MD

Case 3 - May-June

A 30-year-old Man with Syncope and Melena
Brandon Fontenot, MD; Erick Salvatierra, MD; James Morris, MD; Angie Johnson, MD; and Fred A. Lopez, MD

Case 2 - March-April

Abstracts from the Louisiana American College of Physicians Associates Meeting

Case 1 - January-February

Furuncular Myiasis
Gregory D. Sloop, MD and Fred A. Lopez, MD, FACP

Case 6 - November-December

An Updated Review on Ischemic Stroke
Najy Masri, MD; Catherine Hebert, MD; Charles Fiore, MD; and Fred A. Lopez, MD, FACP

Case 5 - September-October

A Young Man with Back and Chest Wall Pain for Three Months
Brian J. Schiro, MD; Brett R. Travis, BS; Rachel Kruspe, MD; Adriane M. Nelson, MD; Scott L. Beech, MD; Khalil Y. Imsais, MD; and Fred A. Lopez, MD, FACP, Article Editor

Case 4 - July-August

A Middle-Aged Woman with an Anterior Mediastinal Mass and Respiratory Failure
Michael C. Saavedra, MD; Roy Culotta, MD; Sanjay Kamboj, MD; Sun Chaney, MD; and Fred A. Lopez, MD

Case 3 - May-June

Fever and Headache in an Intravenous Drug User
Stacy Greene, MD; Stephanie Richard, MD; Natalie Causby, MD; Scott Beech, MD; Mary Murphy, MD; and Fred A. Lopez, MD

Case 2 - March-April

A 62-Year-Old Man Presenting with Shortness of Breath for 6 Months
Bryan DiBuono, BS; Mark Wegmann, MD; Jeevan J. Pai, MD; Rebecca A.F. Murray, MD; Erick Blaudeau, MD; and Fred A. Lopez, MD, Article Editor

Case 1 - January-February

A Middle-Aged Woman with Diarrhea
Bradley Spieler, BS; Meilyn Reyes, MD; Catherine Hebert, MD; Sun Chaney, MD; Tracy Dewenter, MD; Scott Beech, MD; and Fred A. Lopez, MD

Case 6 - November-December

Recurrent Pneumonia in a Middle-aged Woman
Paul Niolet, MD; Carlos Vital, MD; Dayton Daberkow, II, MD; Scott L. Beech, MD; Prem Kumar, MD; Sanjay Kamboj, MD and Fred A. Lopez, MD, Article Editor

Case 5 - September-October

3-Year-Old Boy Presenting with a Hand Rash
Christina G. Kendrick, MD; Jeffrey C. Poole, MD; Thomas Nicotri, MD; Abraham Gedalia, MD; and Fred A. Lopez, MD, Article Editor

Case 4 - July-August

Expanding Abdominal Mass in a 41-Year-Old Patient with a History of Alcohol Abuse
Racheed Ghanami, BS; Leila Obeid, MD; Betsy Buchert, BA; Scott Beech, MD; Yi-Zarn Wang, MD, DDS; and Fred A. Lopez, MD, FACP

Case 3 - May-June

Vibrio vulnificus Sepsis Successfully Treated with Antibiotics, Surgical Debridement, and Recombinant Human Activated Protein C
Rishi G. Anand, MD; Fred A. Lopez, MD, FACP; Ben deBoisblanc, MD

Case 2 - March-April

A Young Man with a Persistent Skin Eruption
Christina G. Kendrick, MD; Michelle S. Gerdes, MD; Fred A. Lopez, MD, FACP; and Elizabeth I. McBurney, MD, FACP

Case 1 - January-February

Abdominal/Pelvic Mass in a 55-Year-Old Intrauterine-Contraceptive-Device User
Russell Wardlaw, MD; Irene Ejedepang-Koge, MD; Scott L. Beech, MD; and Fred A. Lopez, MD

Case 6 - November-December

Essential Thrombocytosis: Diagnostic and Treatment Dilemmas
Veronica Dugan, MD; Raphael Higginbotham, MD; Jill Gilbert, MD; Gary Lipscomb, MD; and Fred A. Lopez, MD, Article Editor

Case 5 - September-October

A 71-Year-Old Man with Hyperglycemia and Mental Status Changes
Christopher Naquin, MD; Malini Kumar, MD; Harry Chen, MD; Roger Zoorob, MD, MPH; and Fred A. Lopez, MD, Article Editor

Case 4 - July-August

A Young Woman with Fever and Pancytopenia
Kenneth J. Hébert, BS; Samantha A. Huber, MD; Kathleen Willis, MD; and Paul L. Monier, MD; Article Editor: Fred A. Lopez, MD

Case 3 - May-June

A 19-Year-Old Man Presenting with a Generalized Body Rash
Sanjay Kamboj, MD; Jeffrey D. Harris, BS; Shaminder Gupta, MD; Vashu Thakur, MD; Kathy Willis, MD; Carmen G.Espinoza, MD; Fred A. Lopez, MD

Case 2 - March-April

Weakness in an 88-Year-old Man
Mark Stellingworth, MD; Amy Broussard, MD; Vince Cataldo, MD; J. Rene Morrissey, MD; Gary Lipscomb, MD; Fred A. Lopez, MD; and Perry Rigby, MD

Case 1 - January-February

Post-Tussive Syncope in a 39-Year-Old Intravenous Drug User
Matt McElveen, MD; Dana Walters, MD; John R. Amoss, MD; Fred A. Lopez, MD; and Ben deBoisblanc, MD

Case 6 - November-December

Severe Progressive Weakness in a 58-Year-Old Man
Scott Sondes, MD; John M. Kennedy, MD; Stephen Kishner, MD; Fred A. Lopez, MD; and Lowell Anthony, MD

Case 5 - September-October

A 39-Year-Old Man with Acute Mental Status Changes
Emily D. Billingsley, MD; Allison Hovland, BS; Demetrio Agcaoili, MD; David Long, MD; and David Borne, MD; Article Editor: Fred A. Lopez, MD

Case 4 - July-August

Lymphoma or Pseudolymphoma?
Rachel Kruspe, MD; Amy Broussard, MD; Jairo Santanilla, MD; Shaminder Gupta, MD; Carmen Espinoza, MD; Fred A. Lopez, MD; and Steven Kantrow, MD

Case 3 - May-June

Hereditary Angioedema: A Rare But Potentially Lethal Disease
Sanjay Kamboj , MD ; Rebecca A. Lillis, MD; Mark Wegmann, MD; Laurianne G. Wild, MD; Fred A. Lopez, MD; and Prem Kumar, MD

Case 2 - March-April

Chest Pain, Diaphoresis, and Dyspnea in a Hypertensive 53-Year-Old Man
Richard Awtrey, MD; Shaminder Gupta, MD; Glenn P. Kelley, MD; D. Luke Glancy, MD; Lynn Harrison, MD; and Fred A. Lopez, MD

Case 1 - January-February

A Fish Hook and Liver Disease: Revisiting an Old Enemy
Rebecca A. Lillis, MD; Veronica Dugan, MD; Theresa Mills, MD; August Berner III, MD; Charles V. Sanders, MD; Michael Hagensee, MD; and Fred A. Lopez, MD