Surgery

A neonate was born to a 29-year-old gravida 3 para 2 woman at 37 weeks and 3 days. Rupture of membranes occurred 13 hours prior to birth and was initially described as “meconium-stained” by the obstetric...

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A 22-year-old man with morbid obesity presented to the clinic with a painless lump in his upper abdominal wall that had grown by 30% to 40% from October 2019 to January 2020.

A 33-year-old postpartum woman presented to our emergency department with dyspnea, orthopnea, and generalized abdominal pain and distention for 2 days. She had been having trouble breathing at rest and had...

A 2-year-old boy, who was adopted from Haiti as an infant, presented with his parents to our pediatrics clinic with a 3-week history of intermittent constipation and a 1-day history of emesis.

A 14-year-old healthy boy presented to our clinic with 1-month midline swelling of the lower neck and 1-week of cervical neck pain, dysphagia, pharyngitis, fever, and difficulty speaking. He had no...

The authors report the case of a 23-year-old woman with 2 hospitalizations for anemia requiring transfusions. Workup revealed a large submucosal mass that later was found to be a gastrointestinal stromal...

A 71-year-old man presents with a subacute history of pain and stiffness in his dominant left hand. The symptoms had begun 6 months prior with significant pain in the middle of his palm and down through his...

A 71-year-old Black man presented to the emergency department with an upper gastrointestinal tract bleed. He presented with borderline shock prior to fluid resuscitation and transfusion of 4 units of packed...