CLINICAL CASE OF THE MONTH

The Clinical Case of the Month is a regular educational feature coordinated by the Louisiana State University Department of Medicine in New Orleans. Medical students, residents, postdoctoral fellows, and faculty collaborate in the preparation of these discussions. These articles are published regularly in the Journal of the Louisiana State Medical Society, and are made available here in PDF forma by permission from the Society.

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2016

Case 4 - May-June

A 35 Year Old Woman with Abdominal Pain
 

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