In July 1995, the Department of Pathology began highlighting a new clinical pathology case every month, to be called the Case of the Month. Normally, these are cases of greater than normal clinical interest, cases with unusual symptoms and/or diagnostic findings, or cases involving rare diseases or conditions. Below is a link to the current Clinical Pathology Case of the Month. Also listed below are previous cases which have been highlighted as Case of the Month. Disclaimer: Review of the Case of the Month is intended for educational purposes ONLY, NOT for research. Current Case of the Month --- June 2008 Previous Cases: May 2008:     Case 1 A 50-year old Caucasian female with a pituitary mass     case 2 A 19-year-old female with fever, rash and lymphadenopathy for one month April 2008:  A 61-year-old female with abdominal discomfort and jaundice March 2008:  A 53-year-old male found convulsing in a cemetery February 2008:  A 17 year-old girl with Raynaud's phenomenon January 2008:  A 54 year-old male with one episode of vomiting, cognitive alteration, and left leg weakness December 2007:  An 11-year-old girl with symptoms of hyperthyroidism November 2007:  A 36 year-old kidney transplant recipient with increased creatinine October 2007:  Sinusitis in a 20-year-old Male with Aplastic Anemia September 2007:  A 23 year-old man with left knee pain August 2007:  A 10 year old female with pruritic lacy rash July 2007:  An 82-year-old man with moderate thrombocytopenia June 2007:  A 62 year-old male with pain in the right clavicular region May 2007:  Differentiating Transfusion Associated Circulatory Overload from Transfusion-Related Acute Lung Injury April 2007:  Small colony variant-Staphylococcus aureus March 2007:  Two young patients with abdominal pain February 2007:     Case 1 A 9-year-old girl with recurrent bilateral ovarian masses     Case 2 A 4-year-old girl with fever and pain in the lower extremities January 2007:  5-month-old twins with turricephaly December 2006:   A 3-month-old girl with hypotonia November 2006:  A 10-year-old male with decreased complement October 2006:  An one year-old boy with delayed speech September 2006:  A 7 year old boy with massive splenomegaly August 2006:  A 25 Year-Old Male with Fever July 2006:  A 2-year-old boy with hypotonia and developmental delay June 2006:  A 56-year-old female with anemia and leukocytosis May 2006:  A 36 year-old man with abdominal pain April 2006:  A 74-year-old male with mycosis fungoides now with increased circulating immature mononuclear cells March 2006:  Case A and Case B February 2006:  A 68-year-old man with upper gastrointestinal bleeding January 2006:  A newborn with trisomy 21 and elevated level of C5-hydroxy acylcarnitine December 2005:  Transfusion-Refractory Anemia: Immune Or Non-Immune Hemolysis? November 2005:  A 61-year-old woman with chronic lymphocytic leukemia, pancytopenia and abdominal pain October 2005:  A woman in her 80s with bowel obstruction September 2005:  A One-year-old child with Megakaryoblastic Leukemia August 2005:  A 10 month-old girl with hypotonia July 2005:  Ghost mycobacteria on Gram stain June 2005:  A 32 year old man with severe pancytopenia May 2005:  A 57-year-old male with persistent leukocytosis April 2005:  A 15-year-old male with progressive loss of central vision and macular edema March 2005:  A pregnant woman in early 40s with thrombocytopenia February 2005:  A lung transplant patient with nausea, vomiting and dehydration January 2005:  A 12 year-old boy presented with substernal chest pain December 2004:  A man in his 80s with multiple cutaneous nodules November 2004:  A 49-year-old white woman found dead in her bed October 2004:  Esophageal perforation with an unusual etiology September 2004:  Anemia and thrombocytopenian in a newborn August 2004:  A woman in her 40s with left flank pain and symptoms of ureteral obstruction July 2004:  A middle-aged man with intractable lower back pain June 2004:  A female in her 20s with pharyngitis, odynophagia, dysphagia May 2004:  A man in his 70's who has monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance, or does he? April 2004:  A man in his 50s with fever, headache, and sore throat March 2004:  A baby boy with failure to thrive and respiratory insufficiency February 2004:  An unusual pelvic mass in a female in her 60s January 2004:  A male in his 30s scheduled for Liver transplant December 2003:  A male in his 50s with chronic anemia November 2003:  A female in her 20s with Refsum's disease October 2003:  A female in her 40s with repeated episodes of flushing, headache, shortness of breath, tachycardia and hypotension September 2003:  Myelodysplastic syndrome and bone marrow transplant engraftment failure August 2003:  A male in his 40s with severely compromised vision July 2003:  A female in her 40s with severe transfusion reaction June 2003:  A teenager girl with severe behavioral problems May 2003:  A man in his 40s with severe headaches after a fall April 2003:  A young boy with microcephaly and developmental delay March 2003:  A female her 30s with sinus pressure, headache and gingival hyperplasia February 2003:  Familial adenomatous polyposis: A molecular diagnostic approach January 2003:  A 15-year-old male with elevated ammonia levels December 2002:  A 58-year-old male with parasites in his blood November 2002:  A 38 year-old female with elevated tricyclic antidepressant levels October 2002:  A 2-year-old boy with prolonged oral bleeding September 2002:  Rheumatoid arthritis and peripheral leukocytosis August 2002:  Two weeks in Africa July 2002:  A 60-year-old male with fever, chills, and shortness of breath June 2002:  A 14-year old female with emesis and cyanosis May 2002:  A 56-year old male with dog bites April 2002:  A 56 year old female with post transfusion hemolysis March 2002:  A 78-year-old male presented with a history of cervical adenopathy February 2002:  A 79-year old male with right neck mass January 2002:  A 55 year old male with drop in hemoglobin following platelet transfusion December 2001:  A 40 year old man with a enlarged right axillary lymph node November 2001:  A 56 year old female with one lymph node metastasis and two oral squamous cell tumors October 2001:  An 83-year-old with post-operative bleeding September 2001:  Transfusion therapy in a 60-year-old with immunoglobulin deficiency August 2001:  A 75-year-old woman with duodenal submucosal mass and anemia July 2001:  A 69 year-old female with bloody urine following transfusion June 2001:  A 58 year old female with chronic myeloid leukemia May 2001:  A girl in coma April 2001:  A 77-year-old with acute onset of epistaxis March 2001:  A 42-year-old African male with diarrhea and urinary frequency February 2001:  A 72 year-old male with lymphocytosis January 2001:  A 16 year old female with left Inguinal and bilateral breast masses December 2000:  A newborn with petechiae November 2000:  A 3 year-old female with anemia and thrombocytopenia October 2000:  A 4 year old girl with chronic otitis media September 2000:  A 68 years old white female with worsening anemia, thrombocytopenia, renal insufficiency August 2000:  A 51 year old male with fatigue, easy bruising and cellulitis July 2000:  A 30 year old plumber with a flank mass for several months June 2000:  A 41 year old male with swelling and ulceration of the uvula and soft palate May 2000:  A 47 year old woman with increased thirst, lethargy and a body weight gain April 2000:  A 75 year old female with bilateral pneumonia March 2000:  A 21 year old male with a cystic tumor in his right thigh February 2000:  A 46-year-old HIV-positive man with a destructive palate lesion January 2000:  A 40 year old white female with left internal carotid artery thrombosis December 1999:  A 36 years old male with left internal carotid artery thrombosis November 1999:  A 39 year-old female with a cavitary lesion in the right upper lung lobe October 1999:  A 62-year-old male with fatigue and malaise September 1999:  A 67-year-old male with intermittent confusion, fever of unknown origin, and lower extremity weakness August 1999:  Cervical lymphadenopathy in a young female July 1999:  A 78 year old man with rectal mass June 1999:  A 47 year old man with monoclonal protein in his serum May 1999:  A 68 year-old female with extremely labored breathing April 1999:  An eighty-one year old woman with an axillary mass March 1999:  A 75-year-old male with oligoarthritis and localized swellings February 1999:  A 68-year-old woman witha history of bilateral back pain and fever January 1999:  Profiles of total CK, CK-MB and troponin I in two cases of acute myocardial infarction December 1998:  A 79 year old white male with pain, swelling and decreased function of left knee Novembr 1998:  A 39 year old woman with fatigue and weight loss October 1998:  A 24 year-old female with transfusion reaction September 1998:  A 66 year old man with macrocytic anemia August 1998:  A 29 year old man with anosmia and decreased vision in the right eye July 1998:  A 74 year old man with sepsis June 1998:  A 25 year old women with renal failure, anemia and thrombocytopenia May 1998:  A 68 year old man with fevers April 1998:  A 74-year-old male with a history of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and malignant melanoma March 1998:  A 76 year old white male with dyspnea and leukocytosis February 1998:  A 22 year old male with postoperative abdominal discomfort January 1998:  A 68 year old man with an anterior mediastinal mass December 1997:  A 36 year old female with multiple myxomas and thyroid cancer November 1997:  A 37 year old man with fever and a hilar pulmonary mass October 1997:  Lash's Bitters: biochemical analysis of a historical proprietary medicine September 1997:  A neonate with intracranial hemorrhage and seizure activity August 1997:  A 20 year old woman with anemia and abdominal pain July 1997:  A fifty-eight year old female with dizziness and headache June 1997:  Transfusion reaction in a fifty-eight year old man May 1997:  A 3 1/2 month old child with anemia, neutropenia, and lactic acidosis April 1997:  Sixty seven year old woman with abnormal preoperative RBC type and crossmatch testing March 1997:  A thirty-three year old male with a permanent intravascular catheter February 1997:  Twenty-six year old female with peritonitis January 1997:  Three week old baby girl with loss of body weight, facial and skeletal anormalies December 1996:  Twenty-two year old male with acute leukemia, nodular skin lesion, and splenomegaly November 1996:  Two month old boy with symptoms and signs of insecticite poisoning October 1996:  Fifty-two year old woman with skin and soft tissue infection of the left foot September 1996:  Three-week old infant with hemangioma and severe thrombocytopenia August 1996:  Sixty-five year old male with abdominal pain July 1996:  Twenty-nine year old female with Systemic Lupus Erythematosis June 1996:  Twenty-nine year old female with fever and hemoptysis May 1996:  Fever and severe rigors during transfusion in a 55-year-old woman April 1996:  White Matter Lesions March 1996:  Severe Headache and Fever February 1996:  Sore Throat and Leukocytosis January 1996:  Fever, Purpura, and Hypotension December 1995:  Mesenteric Adenopathy November 1995:  Confusion, Agitation and Unresponsiveness October 1995:  Intermittent Fevers September 1995:  Anemia August 1995:  Lymphadenopathy July 1995:  Hypercalcemia