Case of the Week Archive

Section Editors: Matylda Machnowska1 and Anvita Pauranik2
1University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

October 17, 2019

A 22-year-old man with dysuria and numbness of the lower limbs; later found to be HIV-positive

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October 10, 2019

A 21-year-old man with gradual onset, slowly progressive, spastic weakness of his left upper/lower limbs over the last 2 years. He had a normal lab, workup including CSF, and no sensory deficit or ataxia by neurological examination. 

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October 3, 2019

A 37-year-old woman with recurrent headaches.

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September 26, 2019

A 73-year-old man who presented with epistaxis, eye pain, and diplopia.

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September 19, 2019

A 51-year-old man, diagnosed with Waldenstrom’s macroglobulinemia 15 years prior, presented with progressive memory loss and episodes of spatial disorientation for the past 2 months. 

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September 12, 2019

A 2 year-old girl with a history of warm, reddish cutaneous and subcutaneous masses on both sides of her face, developmental delay, and poor vision. 

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September 5, 2019

A 35-year-old man with a 1 year history of left, upper extremity numbness. He also experienced a progressive burning sensation, which then involved the entire T10-T11 dermatome. 

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August 29, 2019

A 57-year-old woman with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) who presented with a 1-month history of vertigo, nausea, vomiting, and sensorineural hearing loss.

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August 22, 2019

A 39-year-old woman with no history of previous trauma presents with a 4-year history of seizures.

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August 15, 2019

A 23-year-old woman with a known case of multiple congenital cardiac anomalies and liver cirrhosis presented with 1-week history of abdominal distention, vomiting, and constipation. She was admitted as a case of bacterial peritonitis. During her admission, she became confused and unable to follow commands. 

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