A 42-year-old male presented in June of 2011 with nocturnal fevers, night sweats, an 8-kg weight loss, and a cutaneous right chest wall mass. In March of 2013, a computed tomographic scan of the thorax showed a 54 × 18 × 26-mm right lower lobe mass with peripheral calcifications, and in May of 2013, he was admitted for a segmental lobectomy, in which histologic examination of the pulmonary tiss...

We report two rare examples of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-associated inflammatory pseudotumor of the spleen. One patient presented with night sweats, abdominal pain, and weight loss and was found to have a splenic mass on CT scan suspected of lymphoma. The splenic mass in second patient was found incidentally at the time of work up for kidney stones. The pathologic examination of these splenectom...

Tuberculosis (TB) is an ancient disease that has affected mankind for more than 4,000 years (1). It is a chronic disease caused by the bacillus Mycobacterium tuberculosis and spreads from person to person through air. TB usually affects the lungs but it can also affect other parts of the body, such as brain, intestines, kidneys, or the spine. Symptoms of TB depend on where in the body the TB ba...

Brucellosis is a zoonotic disease caused by Brucella sp. and may affect many parts of the body. Brucella epididymo-orchitis had been reported in up to 20% of patients with brucellosis. This is a case report of Brucella epididymo-orchitis in a Saudi male patient. He presented with a unilateral swelling of the left testicle. He had fever, arthralgia and night sweats. Ultrasound examination reveal...

Introduction Diagnosing elemental mercury poisoning requires a high index of clinical suspicion with attention to thorough environmental, social, and family history. Due to its many nonspecific and slowly developing symptoms, the differential diagnosis is extensive and challenging. Diagnosis often requires costly laboratory and radiologic investigation to exclude other disease processes. Case R...

Menopause is a universal experience for women that occur, in around 50 years old. In this periods women encounter with many changes in their life. Retirement and children leaving home can cause the loneliness and depression, however this time is an opportunity for women to changing their life. The women perception of menopause depends on their social, cultural, economical status and life style ...

Does untreated cancer equal death? Does having a registered nurse versus a licensed practical nurse versus a medical assistant affect diabetes quality outcomes? Do physicians caring for stressed patients experience vicarious traumatic stress? Oregon presents an operationalized definition of a patient-centered medical home for their state. Lots of important clinical topics in family medicine--ad...

A 15-year-old white girl presented with headaches and night sweats of 2 weeks’ duration. Her platelet count was 50 10/ L (50 10/L) [reference interval, 140–440 10/ L (140–440 10/L)]. Upon referral to hematology/oncology, the patient had a leukocyte count of 21 10/ L (21 10/L) [reference interval, 3.8–9.8 10/ L (3.8–9.8 10/L)] with 46% lymphoblasts. The patient was diagnosed with pre-B acute lym...

MOJ Clin Med Case Rep 2017, 6(6): 00180 We present a 75-year-old woman with no medical follow up for several years who developed progressively worsening shortness of breath with associated orthopnea and weight loss over the past year. Additionally, she reported leg heaviness, abdominal distention, subjective fevers, dry cough and a poor appetite. She denied any drenching night sweats. Her past ...

Rosai-Dorfman disease (RDD) is a rare, benign, and predominantly nodal disease that most commonly presents as bilateral, painless cervical lymphadenopathy; although inguinal, axillary, mediastinal, and hilar lymphadenopathy has also been reported. Apart from nodal involvement, RDD has extranodal manifestations involving bone, soft tissue, and liver as well as constitutional symptoms of fever, n...