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 format by permission from the Society.
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2021 |
COVID-19 Research Articles from Spring 2021 |
2019 |
Case 3- DecemberLymphadenopathy in the HIV-Positive PatientSuki Subbiah, MDCase 2 - OctoberA 41-Year-Old Woman with Diarrhea after Antibiotic UseChristen Harris, MD; Catherine T. Hudson, MD, MPH; Bradley Spieler, MD; Fred A. Lopez, MD, MACPCase 1 - MayAbstracts from the American College of Physicians Associates Meeting |
2018 |
Case 10 - November-DecemberA 52-Year-Old Man with Back PainCaroline 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-DecemberA 31-Year-Old Woman with Abdominal PainNaga Sai Shravan Turaga, MD; Anish S. Konde, MD; Nicholas Sells, MD; Kelvin Raybon, MD; Fred A. Lopez, MD |
Case 8 - November-DecemberA 75-Year-Old Man with a History of a Positive Ham TestNatasha Rezvani, BS; Elizabeth S. Ellent, MD; Brian Boulmay, MD; Fred A. Lopez, MD |
Case 7 - September-OctoberA 72-Year-old Man with Acute Onset of Chest Pain and Shortness of BreathSyed Saad, MD; Samiya Yasin, MD; Neeraj Jain, MD; Avaneesh Jakkoju, MD; Ryan Chauffe, DO; Fred A. Lopez, MD |
Case 6 - September-OctoberA 59-Year-Old Woman with Shortness of Breath: Hypertonic Cardiomyopathy Masquerading as Critical Aortic Stenosis in a Patient with Bicuspid Aortic ValveAvaneesh Jakkoju, MD; Mehnaz Rahman, MD; Murtuza Ali, MD; Fred A. Lopez, MD |
Case 5 - September-OctoberA 59-Year-Old Man with Shortness of Breath and SyncopeSarah Jordan: Joseph Gresens, MD; Richard Marshall, MD; Stephen Kantrow, MD; Fred A. Lopez, MD |
Case 4 - July-AugustA 44-Yeah-Old Woman with Abdominal Pain Giant Pedunculated Cavernous Hepatic HemangiomaCaroline Smith, PA; Richard W. Hartsough, MD; Bradley Spieler, MD;
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Case 3 - May-JuneA 65-Year-Old Woman With Left Main Coronary Artery ThrombosisBashar Ababneh, MD; Vijay Ravipati, MD; Murtuza Ali, MD; Fred Lopez, MD |
Case 2 - March- AprilAbstracts from the 2018 Annual Louisiana American College of Physicians (ACP) Associates Meeting |
Case 1 - Jan-FebNew Onset Hypertension and Diabetes in a 24 Year-Old ManElizabeth Smith, MD; Catherine Pisano; Robert Richards, MD;
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2017 |
Case 7 - Nov-Dec
An Extreme Presentation of Angiostensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitor-Induced Angioedema
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Case 6 - Sept-Oct
44 Year Old Woman with Rash
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Case 5 - July-Aug
Abdominal Pain in a 35-year-old Man with Recent International Travel
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Case 3 - May-June
A 57-Year-Old Man with an Axillary Mass
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Case 2 - Mar-AprAbstracts From The 2017 Louisiana American College of Physician (ACP) Associates Meeting |
Case 1 - Jan-Feb
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2016 |
Case 6 - Nov-Dec
A 49-Year-Old Man Who Presents with Left-Sided Weaknerss: An Update on Ischemic Stroke
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Case 5 - Sept-Oct
A 64 Year-Old Woman Presenting With Fever, Confusion, Ophtalmoplegia, and Pneumonia
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Case 5 - July-Aug
A 55 Year-Old Woman With Fever and Chills of Four-Days Duration
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Case 4 - May-June
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Case 2 - March-April
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Case 1 - Jan-Feb
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2015 |
Case 6 - Nov-Dec
A 49-Year-Old Man with Fever, Headache, and Leg Weakness
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Case 5 - Sept-Oct
A 48-Year-Old Man With Fever and Abdominal Pain of One Day Duration
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Case 4 - July-Aug
Hypereosinophilia in a Young Woman with a History of Childhood Asthma
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Case 3 - May-JuneAbstracts From The Annual Louisiana American College of Physician Associates Meeting |
Case 2 - March-April
A Review of Situs Inversus and Dextrocardia
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Case 1 - Jan-Feb
A 31-Year-Old Man Who Presents With Speech Abnormalities
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2014 |
Case 6 - Nov-Dec
A 63-year-old Woman With Rash and Proximal Muscle Weakness
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Case 5 - Sept-Oct
A 22-Year-Old Man With AIDS Presenting With Shortness of Breath and an Oral Lesion
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Case 4 - July-August
A 44-Year-Old HIV-Infected Man With Right-Shoulder Swelling
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Case 3 - May-June
A 44-Year-Old Woman With Jaundice and Abdominal Pain
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Case 2 - March-AprilAbstracts from the Louisiana American College of Physicians Associates Meeting |
Case 1 - Jan-Feb
Altered Mental Status and Headache in a Young Man
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2013 |
Case 6 - Nov-Dec
A 63-Year-Old Woman With Lumbago
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Case 5 - Sept-Oct
A 31-Year-Old Man With AIDS, Fever, and a Rash
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Case 4 - July-August
A 52-Year-Old Man With Ecchymotic Leg Ulcers
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Case 3 - May-June
A Case of Disseminated Cryptococosis With Skin Manifestations in a Patient Newly Diagnosed With HIV
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Case 2 - March-AprilAbstracts from the Louisiana American College of Physicians Associates Meeting |
Case 1 - Jan-Feb
A 50-Year Old Man With a Persistant Rash
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2012 |
Case 6 - Nov-Dec
17-Year-Old Asian Man Presenting With Chronic Nocturnal Cough
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Case 5 - Sept-Oct
Idiopathic Pulmonary Hemosiderosis Presenting as a Rare Cause of Iron Deficiency Anemia in a Toddler - A Diagnostic Challenge
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Case 4 - July-August
A 52-Year Old Woman With Headache and Bradycardiardia
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Case 3 - May-June
A 23-Year-Old Man With Fever and Malaise
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Case 2 - March-April
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Case 1 - Jan-Feb
A 35-Year-Old Immunocompromised Man With Cough of Three Weeks Duration
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2011 |
Case 6 - Nov-Dec
Christmas Treat to Chronic Cough
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Case 5 - Sept-Oct
A Rare Case of Budd Chiari Syndrome
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Case 4 - July-August
A 57-Year-Old Man With Diabetes and a Toe Infection
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Case 3 - May-June
A 20-Year-Old Man With Cough Of Two Mondhs Duration
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Case 2 - March-AprilAbstracts from the Louisiana American College of Physicians Associates Meeting |
Case 1 - Jan-Feb
A 29-Year Old Woman Presenting With Abdominal Pain and Vomiting
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2010 |
Case 6 - Nov-Dec
Heterotopic Pancreas
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Case 5 - Sept-Oct
A 48-Year-Old Man With Right Lower Extremity Weakness and Pain
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Case 4 - July-August
A 68-Year-Old Man With Chest Pain And Left-Sided Weakness
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Case 3 -- May-June
A 54-Year-Old Man With Shortness of Breath and Irregular Pulse
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Case 2 - March-AprilAbstracts from the Louisiana American College of Physicians Associates Meeting |
Case 1 - Jan-Feb
A 28-Year-Old Man With Leukocytosis and Anemia
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2009 |
Case 6 - Nov-Dec A 29-Year-Old Man With Acute Onset Blurry Vision, Weakness, and Gait Abnormality
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Case 5 - Sept-Oct The Latest on Ischemic Stroke
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Case 4 - July-August
A 64-Year-Old Woman With Shortness of Breath
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Case 3 - May-June
A 32-Year-Old Woman With Chest Pain, Hematemesis, and Thrombocytopenia
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Case 2 - March-AprilAbstracts from the Louisiana American College of Physicians Associates Meeting |
Case 1 - Jan-Feb
New Onset Ascites Secondary to Cirrhosis
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2008 |
Case 6 - Nov-Dec
A 61-Year-Old Man With Asymptomatic, Bilateral Lung Masses
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Case 5 - Sept-Oct
Mycobacterium avium Complex Pulmonary Disease: Management Options
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Case 4 - July-August
Massive Pulmonary Embolism: A Case Report and Review of Literature
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Case 3 - May-June
Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
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Case 2 - March-April
Abstracts from the Louisiana American College of Physicians Associates Meeting
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Case 1 - January-February
A 19-Year-Old Man Presenting with Rash on His Trunk, Hands, and Feet
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2007 |
Case 6 - November-December
A Immunosupressed Woman Presenting with Acute Flaccid Paralysis and Progressive Respiratory Failure
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Case 5 - September-October
A Paraplegic Man with Altered Mental Status and Fever
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Case 4 - July-August
A 48-Year-Old Man with a Non-Healing Wound
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Case 3 - May-June
A Middle-Aged Man with Newly Diagnosed HIV Infection and Rash
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Case 2 - March-AprilAbstracts from the Louisiana American College of Physicians Associates Meeting |
Case 1 - January-February
A 31-year-old, HIV-Positive Man Presenting
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2006 |
Case 6 - November-December
Staphylococcal Scalded Skin Syndrome: A Rare Complication of a Common Pathogen
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Case 5 - September-October
Sinonasal Tumor Presenting as Chronic Nasal Congestion
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Case 4 - July-August
A 64-year-old Man with Postprandial Epigastric Pain
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Case 3 - May-June
A 30-year-old Man with Syncope and Melena
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Case 2 - March-AprilAbstracts from the Louisiana American College of Physicians Associates Meeting |
Case 1 - January-February
Furuncular Myiasis
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2005 |
Case 6 - November-December
An Updated Review on Ischemic Stroke
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Case 5 - September-October
A Young Man with Back and Chest Wall Pain for Three Months
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Case 4 - July-August
A Middle-Aged Woman with an Anterior Mediastinal Mass and Respiratory Failure
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Case 3 - May-June
Fever and Headache in an Intravenous Drug User
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Case 2 - March-April
A 62-Year-Old Man Presenting with Shortness of Breath for 6 Months
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Case 1 - January-February
A Middle-Aged Woman with Diarrhea
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2004 |
Case 6 - November-December
Recurrent Pneumonia in a Middle-aged Woman
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Case 5 - September-October
3-Year-Old Boy Presenting with a Hand Rash
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Case 4 - July-August
Expanding Abdominal Mass in a 41-Year-Old Patient with a History of Alcohol Abuse
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Case 3 - May-June
Vibrio vulnificus Sepsis Successfully Treated with Antibiotics, Surgical Debridement, and Recombinant Human Activated Protein C
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Case 2 - March-April
A Young Man with a Persistent Skin Eruption
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Case 1 - January-February
Abdominal/Pelvic Mass in a 55-Year-Old Intrauterine-Contraceptive-Device User
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2003 |
Case 6 - November-December
Essential Thrombocytosis: Diagnostic and Treatment Dilemmas
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Case 5 - September-October
A 71-Year-Old Man with Hyperglycemia and Mental Status Changes
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Case 4 - July-August
A Young Woman with Fever and Pancytopenia
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Case 3 - May-June
A 19-Year-Old Man Presenting with a Generalized Body Rash
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Case 2 - March-April
Weakness in an 88-Year-old Man
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Case 1 - January-February
Post-Tussive Syncope in a 39-Year-Old Intravenous Drug User
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2002 |
Case 6 - November-December
Severe Progressive Weakness in a 58-Year-Old Man
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Case 5 - September-October
A 39-Year-Old Man with Acute Mental Status Changes
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Case 4 - July-August
Lymphoma or Pseudolymphoma?
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Case 3 - May-June
Hereditary Angioedema: A Rare But Potentially Lethal Disease
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Case 2 - March-April
Chest Pain, Diaphoresis, and Dyspnea in a Hypertensive 53-Year-Old Man
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Case 1 - January-February
A Fish Hook and Liver Disease: Revisiting an Old Enemy
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2001 |
Case 2 - December
A Predictable Outcome of a Preventable Disease
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Case 1 - November
Dyspnea in a Woman Infected With the Human Immunodeficiency Virus
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