CONTENTS
JOURNAL EDITORIAL STAFF
EDITOR D. Luke Glancy, MD
ASSOCIATE EDITOR L.W. Johnson, MD
3 A CASE OF MULTIPLE MYELOMA PRESENTING WITH AMYLOID ASSOCIATED MYOPATHYG
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER JeffWilliams
4 STRONGYLOIDIASIS PRESENTING AS RECURRENT COLITIS
4 ABERRANT RIGHT SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY: A RARE CAUSE OF DYSPHAGIA
JOURNAL EDITORIAL BOARD Vice Chair, K. Barton Farris, MD Secretary/Treasurer, Richard Paddock, MD
5 NOCARDIOSIS EXACERBATED BY IMMUNE RECONSTITUTION INFLAMMATORY SYNDROME
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THIS HEADACHE IS NOT A BLAST
Anthony Blalock, MD D. Luke Glancy, MD L.W. Johnson, MD Fred A. Lopez, MD
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MUDBUG COLITIS
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AN INTERESTING CASE OF CHEST PAIN
7 DISSEMINATED HERPES ZOSTER MENINGOENCEPHALITIS ON TOFACITINIB
LSMS 2021 BOARD OF GOVERNORS OFFICERS President, William Freeman, MD Past President, Katherine Williams, MD President-Elect, John Noble, Jr., MD Vice President, George Ellis, Jr., MD Speaker of the House, T. Steen Trawick, MD Vice Speaker, R. Reece Newsome, MD Secretary/Treasurer, Richard Paddock, MD Chair, COL, David Broussard, MD
7 ATYPICAL METASTASIS OF RENAL CELL CARCINOMA TO THE UVULA
8 A CASE OF GANCICLOVIR-RESISTANT CMV IN A DONOR NEGATIVE/ RECIPIENT NEGATIVE LIVER TRANSPLANT PATIENT
8 LEPTOSPIROSIS: A CAUSE OF SOUTH AMERICAN TROPICAL FEBRILE INFECTION
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WHAT CAME FIRST: THE OVARY OR THE LYMPHOCYTE?
9 HOMELESS HEALTH IN NEW ORLEANS: DO STUDENT CLINICS CONNECT PATIENTS TO LONG-TERM CARE?
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MIMICKING LUNG CANCER: A MOLDY PROBLEM
COUNCILORS District 1 Member, Vacant
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RAT BITE FEVER IN A DUMPSTER DIVER
District 1 Alternate, Maurice Sholas, MD District 2 Member, Robert Chugden, MD District 3 Member, Allen Vander, MD District 4 Member, Richard “Rick”Michael, MD District 5 Member, Gwenn Jackson, MD District 6 Member, Michael Roppolo, MD District 7 Member, Brian Gamborg, MD District 8 Member, Lance Templeton, MD District 9 Member, Andy Blalock, MD District 10 Member, Nicholas Viviano, MD District 10 Alternate, James Connolly, MD SECTION REPRESENTATIVES Senior Physician Member, Marcus Pittman, III, MD Senior Physician Alternate, Donnie Batie, MD Young Physician Member, Amberly Nunez, MD Resident/Fellow Member, Blake Denley, MD Medical Student Member, Brittany Wagner Employed Physician Member, Matthew Giglia, MD Private Practice Physician Member, Vicki Steen, MD
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ALL HURTING IN A PRISONER IS NOT MALINGERING
11 CONCURRENT PERSISTENT CRYPTOCOCCOMA AND MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX INFECTIONS IN HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS-INFECTED PATIENT: FIGHTING TWO MONSTERS
12 HISTOPLASMOSIS PRESENTING AS COLONIC STRICTURE IN HIV PATIENT
12 A RARE CASE OF PROSTHETIC VALVE ENDOCARDITIS DUE TO PROTEUS
13 SWINGS IN SODIUM: THE PENDULUM THAT FOLLOWS PITUITARY GLAND RESECTION
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THE DIAGNOSIS OF HUNTINGTON'S DISEASE
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RECURRENT GLOMERULONEPHRITIS
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STATIN-INDUCED RHABDOMYOLYSIS WITHOUT THE STATIN?
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GET YOUR FLU SHOT!
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CHOOSING TELEMETRY WISELY: ASSESSING AWARENESS AND UTILIZATION OF AHA TELEMETRY PRACTICE STANDARDS SUCCESSFUL REDUCTION IN CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE READMISSION RATES: A QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT
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16 CLINICAL PREDICTION TOOLS VS CLINICAL GESTALT: A DIAGNOSTIC DILEMMA
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CHEST PAIN AND A WIDE-QRS BRADYCARDIA
19 ABDOMINAL PAIN AND NAUSEA: A CASE OF VISCERAL PERFORATION
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