William F. McNeely

Case 38-1988: A 58-Year-Old Woman with Fever, Sweats, Congestive Heart Failure, and Lymphadenopathy after Treatment for a Diagnosis of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Presentation of Case A 58-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital because of lethargy, weakness, and depression. She was well until 10 years earlier, when patchy hair loss appeared, followed by...

Case 8-1962

Presentation of Case A sixty-eight-year-old man entered the hospital because of fever and abdominal pain. Five weeks previously he experienced the onset of evening chills, diaphoresis and elevation...

Case 27-1991

Presentation of Case A 75-year-old man was admitted to the hospital because of an impaired mental status, myoclonic jerks, and a tonic–clonic seizure. The patient was right-handed. There was a hist...

Case 21-1987

Presentation of Case A 68-year-old man was admitted to the hospital because of progressive weakness and weight loss. He was well until approximately one year earlier, when he began to experience pr...

Case 45-1989: A 48-Year-Old Woman with Acute Respiratory Failure and a Left Suprarenal Mass

Presentation of Case A 48-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital because of the adult respiratory distress syndrome and left flank pain. She was well until eight months earlier, when she was a...

Case 36-1968

Presentation of Case First admission. A forty-year-old man was admitted to the hospital because of the sudden onset of pain in the chest. During the previous four years the blood pressure had range...

Case 42-1963

Presentation of Case First admission. A seventy-three-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital because of dyspnea and weakness. The patient had had the gradual onset of dyspnea on exertion and p...

Case 9-2002: An 80-Year-Old Woman with Sudden Unilateral Blindness

An 80-year-old woman had headache and severe pain in the left eye, followed by sudden complete blindness in the eye.

Case 40-2001: An Eight-Year-Old Boy with Fever, Headache, and Vertigo Two Days after Aural Trauma

Presentation of Case An eight-year-old boy was admitted to the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary because of fever, headache, vertigo, and vomiting. The child had been well until two days before a...