A Case of Steroid-Associated Expressive Aphasia.

Expressive aphasia (non-fluent aphasia) is characterized by the inability to produce words or sentences. The most common cause of expressive aphasia is stroke, usually due to thrombus or emboli in the middle cerebellar artery or internal carotid artery affecting Broca's area. We present an important, reversible, and previously undescribed cause of a purely expressive aphasia secondary to steroid use.

Paraplegia From a Spinal Epidural Abscess Caused by Pasteurella multocida.

 is a common cause of infection following bites or scratches caused by cats and dogs. It is a rarely reported and often overlooked pathogen. Typical presentation is a rapidly developing cellulitis at the infection site.

Prolonged RNA shedding of the 2019 novel coronavirus in an asymptomatic patient with a VP shunt.

A 33-year-old man with paranoid schizophrenia and a ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt was sent to our institution from an inpatient psychiatric facility due to concerns for the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Per the facility, the patient had a fever and non-productive cough. On admission, the patient was afebrile and lacked subjective symptoms.