Oncology

A 62-year-old woman presented to a palliative care clinic for follow-up of symptom management. She reported a recent fall after unexpectedly being shocked by her implantable cardioverter-defibrillator...

A 63-year-old man was admitted to the emergency department with left flank pain radiating into his chest. He had initially presented to an outside hospital and was transferred after 24 hours of observation...

A 51-year-old man presented to the emergency department (ED) with a 1-month history of abdominal pain, nausea, and non-bloody/non-bilious vomiting, which was associated with difficulty swallowing, decreased...

A 67-year-old man presented to the hospital with progressive shortness of breath for 4 days, which worsened with exertion and was relieved by rest. He also noted one episode of dark vomitus and one episode...

In a 3-week period, two men present to the office asking for advice regarding prostate cancer screening and evaluations they have undergone in recent weeks.

The patient was a 48-year-old man who presented with headache, left eye ptosis, a dilated pupil, and tooth pain for 10 days duration. They had a history of hypertension and poorly controlled type 2...

A 72-year-old man presented to the hospital for an apparent thrombotic stroke. Regarding the present illness, the patient’s history began about 3 months prior, when a friend noticed that the patient’s left...

A 73-year-old man presented with a 1-week history of aural fullness and sudden hearing loss in the right ear. He denied any accompanying pain, tinnitus, facial weakness, or vertigo.

A 60-year-old man presented to the emergency room with a left upper extremity angiosarcoma secondary to chronic lymphedema of the left upper extremity.

A 13-year-old boy was admitted to the hospital with acute-onset dyspnea and chest pain, which had started 4 hours prior to presentation. The pain was described as persistent and pleuritic, radiating up the...