2021

COVID-19 Research Articles  from Spring 2021

2019

Case 3- December

Lymphadenopathy in the HIV-Positive Patient

Suki Subbiah, MD

Case 2 - October

A 41-Year-Old Woman with Diarrhea after Antibiotic Use

Christen Harris, MD; Catherine T. Hudson, MD, MPH; Bradley Spieler, MD; Fred A. Lopez, MD, MACP

Case 1 - May 

Abstracts from the American College of Physicians Associates Meeting

2018

Case 10 - November-December

A 52-Year-Old Man with Back Pain

Caroline Davidson, BS; Samantha Karlin, BS; Mary Nguyen, MD; Erin Dauchy, DO; Andrew Bourgeois, MD; Brian Boulmay, MD; Shane Guillory, MD; Fred A. Lopez, MD

Case 9 - November-December

A 31-Year-Old Woman with Abdominal Pain

Naga Sai Shravan Turaga, MD; Anish S. Konde, MD; Nicholas Sells, MD; Kelvin Raybon, MD; Fred A. Lopez, MD

Case 8 - November-December

A 75-Year-Old Man with a History of a Positive Ham Test

Natasha Rezvani, BS; Elizabeth S. Ellent, MD; Brian Boulmay, MD; Fred A. Lopez, MD

Case 7 - September-October

A 72-Year-old Man with Acute Onset of Chest Pain and Shortness of Breath

Syed Saad, MD; Samiya Yasin, MD; Neeraj Jain, MD; Avaneesh Jakkoju, MD; Ryan Chauffe, DO; Fred A. Lopez, MD

Case 6 - September-October

A 59-Year-Old Woman with Shortness of Breath: Hypertonic Cardiomyopathy Masquerading as Critical Aortic Stenosis in a Patient with Bicuspid Aortic Valve

Avaneesh Jakkoju, MD; Mehnaz Rahman, MD; Murtuza Ali, MD; Fred A. Lopez, MD

Case 5 - September-October

A 59-Year-Old Man with Shortness of Breath and Syncope

Sarah Jordan: Joseph Gresens, MD; Richard Marshall, MD; Stephen Kantrow, MD; Fred A. Lopez, MD

Case 4 - July-August

A 44-Yeah-Old Woman with Abdominal Pain Giant Pedunculated Cavernous Hepatic Hemangioma

Caroline Smith, PA; Richard W. Hartsough, MD; Bradley Spieler, MD;
Taylor Dickerson, MD; Catherine Hudson, MD; Fred Lopez, MD;
Richard Marshall, MD; Adam Riker, MD

Case 3 - May-June

A 65-Year-Old Woman With Left Main Coronary Artery Thrombosis

Bashar Ababneh, MD; Vijay Ravipati, MD; Murtuza Ali, MD; Fred Lopez, MD

Case 2 - March- April 

Abstracts from the 2018 Annual Louisiana American College of Physicians (ACP) Associates Meeting

Case 1 - Jan-Feb

New Onset Hypertension and Diabetes in a 24 Year-Old Man

Elizabeth Smith, MD; Catherine Pisano; Robert Richards, MD;
Taniya DeSilva, MD; Fred Lopez, MD

2017

Case 7 - Nov-Dec

An Extreme Presentation of Angiostensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitor-Induced Angioedema
Ian Wisecarver; Sanjay Kamboj, MD; David Galambos; Michelle Korah-Sedgwick, MD; Ross McCarron, MD; Fred A. Lopez, MD

Case 6 - Sept-Oct

44 Year Old Woman with Rash
H. Martin Plauche, BS; Stephen Lambert, BS; Stratton Grisoli, MD; Skylar Souyoul, MD; Shane Guillory, MD; Fred A. Lopez, MD

Case 5 - July-Aug

Abdominal Pain in a 35-year-old Man with Recent International Travel
Walter Liszewski, MD; Seema Walvekar, MD; Fred A. Lopez, MD

Case 3 - May-June

A 57-Year-Old Man with an Axillary Mass
Palak Dasai, MD; Andrew Myers, MD; Brian Boulmay, MD; Fred A. Lopez MD

Case 2 - Mar-Apr

Abstracts From The 2017 Louisiana American College of Physician (ACP) Associates Meeting

Case 1 - Jan-Feb

Group G Streptococcal Bacteremia Secondary to a Burn Wound Infection
Paige Deichmann; Amol Sura; Charles Sanders, MD; Nisha Aravindakshan-Patel, MD;
Fred Lopez, MD

2016

Case 6 - Nov-Dec

A 49-Year-Old Man Who Presents with Left-Sided Weaknerss: An Update on Ischemic Stroke
Nagy Masri, MD; Rikki Weems, MD; Falon Brown, MD; Ben Andres, MD; Fred Lopez, MD

Case 5 - Sept-Oct

A 64 Year-Old Woman Presenting With Fever, Confusion, Ophtalmoplegia, and Pneumonia
Daniel H. Johnson, MD; Michael Modica, MD; Rachel Coleman, MD; Charles V. Sanders, MD; Fred A. Lopez, MD

Case 5 - July-Aug

A 55 Year-Old Woman With Fever and Chills of Four-Days Duration
Jessica M. Rosselot, MD; James M. Mansfield, MD; Cody R. Hill, MD; Nirmala Tumarada, MD; Shane E. Sanne, DO; Fred A. Lopez, MD

Case 4 - May-June

A 35 Year Old Woman with Abdominal Pain
Melissa Spera, MD; Camille Thelin, MD; Abby Gandolfi, MD; Nicholas Clayton, MD; Karl M. Nettles, MD; Michael E. Hagensee, MD, PhD; John J. Hutchings, MD; Fred A. Lopez, MD

Case 3 - May-June

Abstracts From The 2016 Louisiana American College of Physician (ACP) Associates Meeting

Case 2 - March-April

A 56-Year-Old Man with Sudden Onset Abdominal Pain
Bashar Ababneh, MD; Murtuza J. Ali, MD; Fred A. Lopez, MD

Case 1 - Jan-Feb

Persistant Hypertension in a Young Woman--A Classic Presentation of Conn's Syndrome
Gretchen Yandle, MD; Derek J. Vondehaar, MD; Theepa Thyalakulasingam, MD; Arthur Zieske, MD; David Smith, MD; Lee S. Engel, MD, PhD; Robert Richards, MD; Fred A. Lopez, MD.

2015

Case 6 - Nov-Dec

A 49-Year-Old Man with Fever, Headache, and Leg Weakness
Jeffrey P. Cardinale, MD, PhD; Oliver O. Gentile; Laya M. Reddy; Trung N. Tran, MD; Joseph A. Avalos, MD; Fred A. Lopez, MD

Case 5 - Sept-Oct

A 48-Year-Old Man With Fever and Abdominal Pain of One Day Duration
Mary Yu, MD; David Tadin, MD; Erich J. Conrad, MD; Fred A. Lopez, MD

Case 4 - July-Aug

Hypereosinophilia in a Young Woman with a History of Childhood Asthma
William Varnardo, MD; Angela Johnson, MD; Catherine O'Neal, MD; Anthony Harton, MD; Fred Lopez, MD

Case 3 - May-June

Abstracts From The Annual Louisiana American College of Physician Associates Meeting

Case 2 - March-April

A Review of Situs Inversus and Dextrocardia
Ronnie O. Ortez, MD, MSc; Murtuza J. Ali, MD; Fred Lopez, MD (Section Editor)

Case 1 - Jan-Feb

A 31-Year-Old Man Who Presents With Speech Abnormalities
Jeffery P. Cardinale; Milan M. Patel, MD; Karl M. Nettles, MD; Andrea Caballero, MD; Fred A. Lopez, MD (Section Editor)

2014

Case 6 - Nov-Dec

A 63-year-old Woman With Rash and Proximal Muscle Weakness
Vaughn Washco, DO; Ross McCarron, MD; Lee S. Engel, MD, PhD; Sanjay Kamboj, MD; Fred A. Lopez, MD

Case 5 - Sept-Oct

A 22-Year-Old Man With AIDS Presenting With Shortness of Breath and an Oral Lesion
Daniel Englert, MD; Paula Seal, MD; Chris Parsons, MD; Adrienne Arbour, MD; Evans Roberts III, MD; Fred A. Lopez, MD

Case 4 - July-August

A 44-Year-Old HIV-Infected Man With Right-Shoulder Swelling
Carl Mickman, MS; Carrie Caruthers, MD; Jaclyn Spiegle, MD; Ron Schiro, BS; Joanne Maffei, MD; Charles V. Sanders, MD; Fred A. Lopez, MD

Case 3 - May-June

A 44-Year-Old Woman With Jaundice and Abdominal Pain
Shane G. Guillory, MD; Jordan D. Jordan, DO; Bradley M. Spieler, MD; Matthew L. Safley, DO; John J. Hutchins, MD; Leslie A. Saketkoo, MD; Fred A. Lopez, MD, FACP

Case 2 - March-April

Abstracts from the Louisiana American College of Physicians Associates Meeting 

Case 1 - Jan-Feb

Altered Mental Status and Headache in a Young Man
Faisal Musa, MD; Jorge A. Martinez, MD, JD; Catherine Hebert, MD; Matthew Safley, DO; David Smith, MD; Fred Lopez, MD

2013

Case 6 - Nov-Dec

A 63-Year-Old Woman With Lumbago
Evan M. Atkinson, M.D.; David H. Martin, M.D.; Amanda R. England; Timothy C. Haman, M.D., Michael S. Hamemann, M.D.; Fred A. Lopez, M.D.

Case 5 - Sept-Oct

A 31-Year-Old Man With AIDS, Fever, and a Rash
Faisal Musa, MD; Jorge A. Martinez, MD, JD; Raisa Martinez, MD; Catherine Hebert, MD; Matthew Safley, DO; David Smith, MD; Fred A. Lopez, MD (Section Editor)

Case 4 - July-August

A 52-Year-Old Man With Ecchymotic Leg Ulcers
Seema Walvekar, MD; Jessica L. Johnson, PharmD,  BCPS; Emily Kauffman, DO; Rachna Jetly, MD; Bennett P. de Boisblanc, MD, FCP, FACCP, FCCM

Case 3 - May-June

A Case of Disseminated Cryptococosis With Skin Manifestations in a Patient Newly Diagnosed With HIV
Annette Zacharia; Muhammad F. Khan, MD; SAnn E. Hull, MD; Appalanaidu Sasapu, MD; Michael A. Leroy, MD; Joanne T. Maffei, MD; Akram Shakashiro, MD; and Fred A. Lopez, MD

Case 2 - March-April

Abstracts from the Louisiana American College of Physicians Associates Meeting  

 Case 1 - Jan-Feb

A 50-Year Old Man With a Persistant Rash
Paula S. Seal, MD, MPH; Melissa A. McKay, MD; Fred A. Lopez, MD, FACP

Case 6 - Nov-Dec

17-Year-Old Asian Man Presenting With Chronic Nocturnal Cough
Appalanaidu Sasapu, MD; Sandhya Mani, MD; Betty Lo, MD; Prem Kumar, MD; Fred Lopez, MD

Case 5 - Sept-Oct

Idiopathic Pulmonary Hemosiderosis Presenting as a Rare Cause of Iron Deficiency Anemia in a Toddler - A Diagnostic Challenge
SenthilKumar Sankararaman, MD; Kinjal Shah, MD; Kevin Maddox, MD; Sujithra Velayuthan, MD; L. Keith Scott, MD

Case 4 - July-August

A 52-Year Old Woman With Headache and Bradycardiardia
Christopher Burkenstock, MD; Murtuza Ali, MD; Tracy Dewenter, MD; Fred Lopez, MD

Case 2 - March-April

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

2001

Case 2 - December

A Predictable Outcome of a Preventable Disease
Sanjay Kamboj, MD; Shaminder Gupta, MD; Glenn P. Kelley, MD; Fred Helmcke, MD; and Fred A. Lopez, MD

Case 1 - November

Dyspnea in a Woman Infected With the Human Immunodeficiency Virus
Glenn P. Kelley, MD; Mark A. Stellingworth, MD; Sandeep Mittal, MD; Lynn H. Harrison, MD; D. Luke Glancy, MD; Julio Figueroa, MD; and Fred A. Lopez, MD