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Abstract Number: 843
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 31-year-old man presented to the ED with 2 days of fever and odynophagia, without neck pain. The physical exam was notable only for post-pharyngeal erythema without cervical lymphadenopathy. Blood cultures were drawn. The patient was discharged after reporting feeling better with a presumptive diagnosis of a viral infection. 5 days after the […]
Abstract Number: 845
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 38-year-old female with a history of generalized anxiety disorder and recent COVID-19 infection presented with ascending parasthesias. Two weeks prior to admission, she developed a fever and sore throat. She subsequently tested positive for COVID-19. Four days after her symptoms began she developed bilateral numbness and tingling in her feet which progressed […]
Abstract Number: 856
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: Ghosal hematodiaphyseal dysplasia (GHDD) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder presenting with myelophthisic anemia and distinctive bony changes. TBXAS1 gene encodes Thromboxane A synthase. In GHDD, dysregulation of TBXAS1 occurs and this increases prostaglandin synthesis and causes direct bone marrow injury. Here we report, a 31-year-old Southeast Asian female presented with bilateral knee […]
Abstract Number: 866
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 70-year-old man visited our hospital for lower extremity edema and involuntary weight loss. A routine check-up at his diabetes clinic five months earlier revealed anemia and an increased inflammatory response. His medical history included hypertension, dyslipidemia, and type 2 diabetes. Computed tomography (CT), blood cultures, gastrointestinal endoscopy, and colonoscopy findings were unremarkable; […]
Abstract Number: 867
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 95-year-old man with hypertension, benign prostatic hyperplasia, irritable bowel syndrome, and a recent herpes zoster ophthalmicus infection presented to the emergency department (ED) with fevers. The patient had been well until 3 days prior, when he developed a temperature of 103°F followed by severe pain in the neck radiating to both shoulders. […]
Abstract Number: 869
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 29-year-old female with a past medical history of microcytic anemia and recently-diagnosed AOSD presented with 2 weeks of progressive dyspnea. On her preceding hospital admission, her AOSD was diagnosed and clinical suspicion for MAS was initially mounted. At that time, she demonstrated polyarthralgia, pruritic rash, high-grade fevers, hepatosplenomegaly, diffuse lymphadenopathy, neutrophilic leukocytosis, […]
Abstract Number: 884
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 53-year-old male with no prior medical history presented to our institution with a 6-day history of fever and lumbar pain. He denied experiencing a sore throat. Upon examination, conjunctival icterus was observed. No dental caries were detected in the oral cavity. Laboratory analysis revealed an elevated inflammatory response, characterized by a white […]
Abstract Number: 890
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 63-year-old man with a history of atopy recently started on dupilumab presented to a hospital in Central Appalachia with 1-week of flu-like symptoms, rigors, and right upper abdomen pain. He was hypoxic with SpO2 75% on room air, febrile to 103.3°F, tachycardic to 105 bpm. He was placed on 2 L nasal […]
Abstract Number: 892
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: We have a 63 year old female with a history of spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) of the left anterior descending artery (LAD) 2 years prior that was found on a left heart catheterization after she presented to the ER with a complaint of chest pain with associated dyspnea. On a physical exam, […]
Abstract Number: 899
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: Patient is an 82-year-old male with a past medical history of primary epithelial mesothelioma secondary to asbestos exposure while on active duty in the Navy. Patient was initially treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy with carboplatin pemetrexed for 4 cycles followed by pleurectomy and talc pleurodesis. Patient had recurrent disease after surgery and was started […]