Subacute thyroiditis (SAT) is characterized by severe pain in the anterior aspect of the neck and tenderness is present during the thyroid gland's palpation. It is commonly caused by viruses including mumps, measles, rubella, coxsackievirus, influenza, and Epstein-Barr virus (EBV). Painless subacute thyroiditis is rare and can present as a fever of unknown origin (FUO).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDisseminated gonococcal infection occurs in 0.5%-3% of gonorrhea cases, usually in the form of either a triad of arthralgia, tenosynovitis, and skin lesions or purulent arthritis. Other rare complications include gonococcal infective endocarditis that occurs in 1%-2% of cases with 99 cases reported in the literature since 1938.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA thoracic mycotic aortic aneurysm is an uncommon entity that can complicate mediastinal abscesses. and . are oral bacteria that are very rarely encountered in this setting, especially when occurring together and with other organisms, posing a difficult treatment challenge per the available guidelines and sensitivities.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWith the increasing use of sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors for type 2 diabetes and heart failure, clinicians need to understand how to treat euglycemic diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA), which is a potential side effect of the medication. The disease triad of euglycemic ketoacidosis, acute pancreatitis, and hypertriglyceridemia (HTG) has complex pathogenesis, and often the trigger of the triad is unknown. Here, we present an unusual case of euglycemic DKA in a transitioning transgender woman on canagliflozin who was treated with 10% dextrose and insulin infusions and apheresis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFParoxysmal Sympathetic Hyperactivity (PSH) is a syndrome of recurrent exaggerated sympathetic responses in combination with motor features typically observed in the setting of traumatic brain injury and rarely seen without it. Here, we present a case of PSH in a 73-year-old female with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) without any brain injuries presenting with recurrent intermittent episodes of tachycardia, tachypnea, hypertension, fever, dystonia. These episodes resolved with clonidine and clonazepam thus confirming the diagnosis of PSH.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSubmassive pulmonary embolism (SPE) is characterized by the presence of right ventricular (RV) strain as visualized on echocardiogram or CT scan with brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) and/or troponin elevation. The condition accounts for 20-25% of all pulmonary embolism (PE) cases. In cases of SPE, catheter-directed thrombolysis (CDT) is generally considered in the presence of severe hypoxemia, worsening RV dysfunction, patients with increasing tachycardia and elevated troponins, free-floating thrombus in the right atrium or RV, and presence of extensive clot burden.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFInfect Control Hosp Epidemiol
June 2022