This urologic oncology case involves a fifty-six-year-old man who was undergoing treatment for urinary frequency, nighttime urination, and occasional blood in the urine. The urologist performed a cystoscopy and diagnosed the patient with an overactive bladder and benign prostatic hypertrophy. The patient…
This case involves a fifty-two-year-old female patient who presented to the emergency room complaining of an irritating cough for the past three months. The patient had a family history significant for lung cancer on both the maternal and paternal sides.…
This case involves a twenty-eight-year-old female who presented to an urgent care center with complaints of a headache, sweating, and heart palpitations. She also noted that she had experienced anxiety during the previous months. The woman’s blood pressure was recorded to…
This case involves a forty-five-year-old female who was referred to a gastroenterologist with right upper quadrant abdominal pain and fatigue. Her past medical history included hepatitis B, diabetes mellitus, and twenty years of smoking. She could only speak Spanish and…
This case involves a fifty-three-year-old female who visited her primary care physician with complaints of right facial dropping and numbness down her right arm. The previous day, while preparing breakfast, she began to have difficulty formulating sentences. Her medical history…
This case involves a sixty-two-year-old patient who was treated by a pulmonologist for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). He had an eighty year history of smoking. The pulmonologist was treating his COPD with an ipratropium and albuterol combination formula. The…
This case involves a patient who was misdiagnosed with Bell’s Palsy. Further medical evaluation showed that the patient had a malignant tumor of the parotid gland that was ultimately fatal. The necessary imaging reports (MRI/CT scan) were conducted but the…
