Lower lobe pneumonia presenting as singultus (hiccups).

Background: Persistent hiccups can be a debilitating symptom and many such patients present to the emergency department seeking relief. A variety of serious conditions have been associated with persistent hiccups. Cases of pneumonia as a cause of hiccups have been rarely described.

Missing the early signs of thiamine deficiency. A case associated with a liquid-only diet.

Background: Wernicke encephalopathy (WE) predominantly occurs in alcoholic patients. Few case reports have described this diagnosis as a result of dieting. The diagnosis is often missed or delayed resulting in permanent and severe neurologic sequelae and even death.

Atypical Presentation of IgA Nephropathy Mimicking Acute Pyelonephritis.

Background: IgA glomerulonephritis may present with hematuria, flank pain, and fever. This clinical presentation may be easily confused with acute pyelonephritis.

Case Report: We present the case of a 25-year-old female with a typical clinical presentation for acute pyelonephritis (high fever, left flank pain, left costovertebral angle tenderness, hematuria, elevated inflammatory markers, and a hypoenhancing region in the left kidney on contrast-enhanced computed tomography).

A rare case of acute transverse myelitis associated with bacteremia and osteomyelitis.

Introduction: Direct intramedullary infections are considered very rare. Only few reports of myelitis have been published.

Case Presentation: Our patient, a 79-year-old male, presented with a 2-day history of high-grade fever and high inflammatory markers and progressively developed tetraplegia during hospitalization.