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Pathways Case Record: Nocturnal Hypothermia and HIV in a 53-Year-Old Woman
The Pathways Consult Service at Massachusetts General Hospital investigates the case of a 53-year-old female patient with HIV who presented with cyclical hypothermic episodes. They hypothesized that an autoimmune process related to immune reconstitution on HIV treatment led to the dysfunction of temperature regulation.
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Pathways Case Record: An Epigenetic Memory of Infection in the Lung
The Pathways Consult Service at Massachusetts General Hospital investigated the case of a 75-year-old woman who was admitted for dyspnea and cachexia stemming from severe and progressive allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis and bronchiectasis.
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Pathways Case Record: Severe Encephalitis, Mitochondrial Dysfunction in a 28-Year-Old Patient
The Pathways Consult Service at Massachusetts General Hospital took on the case of a patient with severe encephalitis. They sought to find whether the development of lactic acidosis on linezolid therapy could provide insight into the development of his condition.
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Pathways Case Record: Metastasis Through the Lymphatic System
The Pathways Consult Service at Massachusetts General Hospital investigates a 43-year-old man with pre-diabetes mellitus who presented with persistent dry cough and dyspnea. The patient subsequently developed bilateral leg edema and toe discoloration.
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Pathways Case Records: Methamphetamine-Induced Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
The Pathways Consult Service at Massachusetts General Hospital investigates a 44-year-old man with a history of obesity as well as long-standing methamphetamine and tobacco use presented with several months of progressive dyspnea on exertion, weight gain and lower extremity edema.
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Pathways Case Record: A Case of Severe Babesiosis
The Pathways Consult Service at Massachusetts General Hospital investigates a 68-year-old woman with a history notable for alcohol use disorder presented with malaise, body aches and labored breathing upon exertion.
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Jay Vyas, MD, PhD
Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency Program, Principal Investigator, Vyas Laboratory, Massachusetts General Hospital, Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
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Pathways Case Records Team,
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Rebecca Ward, PhD
Medical Writer, Vyas Laboratory, Massachusetts General Hospital
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Pathways Consult Service at Massachusetts General Hospital is discovering insights into the causes of disease through the close investigation of a single patient.
