Nephrology

A 38-year-old man presents to the emergency room for acute onset weakness for the past day. The patient reported acute onset lower extremity weakness that started the same morning of presentation.

A 24-year-old woman presented to the emergency department (ED) with joint swelling, severe arthralgias, and myalgias. She works as a nurse in a busy ED. She was admitted to the hospital for further workup. ...

An otherwise healthy 57-year-old woman presents for further evaluation following an incidental laboratory result discovered on her yearly employment health evaluation.

A 71-year-old Russian-speaking man with a past medical history of hypertension and benign prostatic hyperplasia presented to the emergency department for evaluation of severe hemoptysis.

A 61-year-old man was hospitalized for worsening cutaneous ulcerations on his head, extremities, and trunk.

A 58-year-old man is brought to the office by his family for worsening signs and symptoms of his known, pre-existing cirrhosis of the liver.

A 39-year-old woman with no significant medical history presented to the emergency department reporting low back pain, nausea, and vomiting for 1 day.

An unresponsive 47-year-old woman with uncontrolled type 2 diabetes was brought to the emergency department because of a hypoglycemic episode. After her mental status had improved following administration...

A 78-year-old man presented to our outpatient family medicine clinic with a 3-day history of subjective fever in the absence of additional symptoms.

Incidental adrenal tumors are common but are most often asymptomatic. The challenge for primary care providers is to determine the hormone secretion status and malignancy potential. This article outlines...