{"title":"1-Minute Pearls/Pitfalls for the Clinician.","authors":"Kwame Dapaah-Afriyie, Ashlyn Norris","doi":"10.56305/001c.34168","DOIUrl":"10.56305/001c.34168","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":520437,"journal":{"name":"The Brown journal of hospital medicine","volume":"1 1","pages":"34168"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11878876/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143569172","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An Unusual Cause of Acute Abdominal Pain: Spontaneous Celiac Artery Dissection.","authors":"Kwame Dapaah-Afriyie, Vijairam Selvaraj, Arkadiy Finn, Omar Hyder","doi":"10.56305/001c.33143","DOIUrl":"10.56305/001c.33143","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Isolated celiac artery dissection was first reported in 1959 and remains a rare phenomenon. Celiac artery dissection may occur in conjunction with aortic dissection or as an isolated event. Its incidence is less than superior mesenteric artery (SMA) dissection. Patients with isolated celiac artery dissection tend to be less symptomatic due to celiac artery communication with SMA. Here, we describe a middle-aged male with hypertension who presented with acute abdominal pain, and was found to have isolated, spontaneous celiac artery dissection.</p>","PeriodicalId":520437,"journal":{"name":"The Brown journal of hospital medicine","volume":"1 1","pages":"33143"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11878641/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143569185","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Gerry Ovide, Joseph M Garland, Habibe Kurt, Arkadiy Finn
{"title":"Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University: Clinicopathologic Conference: February 4th, 2022. Case 01-2022: A 19-year old Woman with Fever, Rash and Neck Swelling.","authors":"Gerry Ovide, Joseph M Garland, Habibe Kurt, Arkadiy Finn","doi":"10.56305/001c.33802","DOIUrl":"10.56305/001c.33802","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":520437,"journal":{"name":"The Brown journal of hospital medicine","volume":"1 1","pages":"33802"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11878851/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143569239","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Isotretinoin-associated acute pancreatitis.","authors":"Vijairam Selvaraj, Sherry DeMacedo, Kwame Dapaah-Afriyie","doi":"10.56305/001c.33633","DOIUrl":"10.56305/001c.33633","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Acute pancreatitis is the leading cause of hospitalization in the US among gastrointestinal etiologies. Drug-induced pancreatitis is rare, although not uncommon. We describe a patient who developed acute pancreatitis after starting isotretinoin without associated dyslipidemia.</p>","PeriodicalId":520437,"journal":{"name":"The Brown journal of hospital medicine","volume":"1 1","pages":"33633"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11878836/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143569270","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Simran Gupta, Emily Zhou, Jason Ferreira, Arkadiy Finn
{"title":"Esophageal necrosis and obstruction after esophageal variceal banding.","authors":"Simran Gupta, Emily Zhou, Jason Ferreira, Arkadiy Finn","doi":"10.56305/001c.33679","DOIUrl":"10.56305/001c.33679","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A 78-year-old woman with a history of liver cirrhosis related to non-alcoholic steatohepatitis presented to the hospital with abdominal pain and distention. She was diagnosed with abdominal ascites and underwent paracentesis without evidence of infection. Esophagogastroduodenoscopy identified Grade 2 esophageal varices that were treated with band ligature. The patient developed dysphagia and was found to have esophageal necrosis and complete esophageal obstruction related to variceal banding. She was treated with removal of band ligatures and esophageal dilation, resulting in improved symptoms. Esophageal obstruction is a rare but important complication of variceal banding, which may occur within 24 hours of the procedure.</p>","PeriodicalId":520437,"journal":{"name":"The Brown journal of hospital medicine","volume":"1 1","pages":"33679"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11878847/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143569147","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Origins Of The Journal of Brown Hospital Medicine.","authors":"Kwame Dapaah-Afriyie","doi":"10.56305/001c.33287","DOIUrl":"10.56305/001c.33287","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":520437,"journal":{"name":"The Brown journal of hospital medicine","volume":"1 1","pages":"33287"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11878883/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143569211","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kwame Dapaah-Afriyie, Matthew Cannavo, Vijairam Selvaraj
{"title":"Acute Typhlitis in a Patient with Common Variable Immunodeficiency.","authors":"Kwame Dapaah-Afriyie, Matthew Cannavo, Vijairam Selvaraj","doi":"10.56305/001c.33588","DOIUrl":"10.56305/001c.33588","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Typhlitis, or neutropenic enterocolitis is characterized by edema and inflammation of the cecum, ascending colon, and sometimes the terminal ileum. Incidence is anywhere from 3.5 to 5.3%. Resolution usually corresponds with return of neutrophil counts. Here we describe an immunocompromised individual with abdominal pain and diagnosed to have acute typhlitis.</p>","PeriodicalId":520437,"journal":{"name":"The Brown journal of hospital medicine","volume":"1 1","pages":"33588"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11878832/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143569179","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}