Case of the Month Archive

Section Editor: Nicholas Stence, MD
Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO

October 2023

A 62-year-old man referred for 3 months of progressive dysphagia

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September 2023

An 83-year-old man with dysphagia, odynophagia, nausea, vomiting, and occipital headaches for 3 weeks and a 25-pound weight loss in 6 months

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August 2023

A 20-month-old boy with 1 month of sleepiness, vomiting, headaches, photophobia, and decreased PO intake

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July 2023

A 53-year-old woman with severe back pain of acute onset

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June 2023

An older man complaining of headache, preauricular pain, dysphagia to solids, cough, vertigo followed by left-sided facial deviation, and neck pain

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May 2023

A 14-year-old oncology patient with right-sided hemiplegia

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April 2023

A 10-year-old girl with a 6-month history of intermittent eye pain and a 1-month history of HA at night

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March 2023

A 49-year-old woman is evaluated for complaints of diplopia with preserved visual acuity and no restriction of eye movements.

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February 2023

A 42-year-old man with autism is brought to the ED by EMS with proptosis, severe chemosis, and copious mucopurulent secretions. In the ICU, the patient is sonorous, agitated, and not following commands.

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January 2023

A 21-year-old woman presents with gait abnormality, recurrent falls, hand and lower extremity numbness, and subsequently altered mental status, encephalopathy, and fever. EMG reveals a sensory axonal polyneuropathy affecting mostly the upper limbs, while EEG is normal.

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