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Search Results for Creutzfeldt-Jakob
Abstract Number: 519
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 54-year-old female with a history of alcohol abuse and anxiety was admitted for 1 month of progressive altered mental status preceded by visual hallucinations. Over that time period, her symptoms rapidly progressed to agitation, dementia, and personality change. Physical symptoms included left elbow rigidity, startle myoclonus, and gait ataxia. Laboratory workup was […]
Abstract Number: 573
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 57-year-old male patient with a previous history of alcohol use was brought in by his family for progressive myoclonus and confusion. At baseline, this patient performed activities of daily living with ease. He had no history of neurologic disorders, however his mother had been diagnosed with dementia in her 70s. Over the […]
Abstract Number: 602
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A fifty-three year old male presented with alcohol intoxication, generalized fatigue of two days, hyperglycemia and lack of appetite. He was ill-appearing, tachycardiac, severely dehydrated and distended. The patient had a long history of chronic ethanol abuse, liver disease, recurrent anemia, a right frontotemporal hemorrhage, and was found to have pancreatitis and encephalopathy […]
Abstract Number: 744
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Case Presentation: A 53-year-old female with no medical history presented with worsening mental status for 3 months. All history was given by family. Three months prior to presentation she began experiencing a generalized, persistent headache. A neurologist prescribed nortriptyline for presumed migraines, with improvement. In the month prior to presentation, the patient had become less […]
Abstract Number: 761
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: This is a case of a 66-year-old woman with history of hypertension and hypothyroidism who was brought in by her family due to confusion. At baseline, patient was a high functioning individual, working as a customer service representative and living independently. About a month prior to presentation, her family noticed a decline in […]
Abstract Number: 767
SHM Converge 2024
Case Presentation: A 66-year-old female presented to the ED with generalized weakness, tremor, diplopia, and slurred speech. The patient’s medical history included TIA, hyperlipidemia, metabolic syndrome, anemia, BPPV, fibromyalgia, syringomyelia, DDD and depression. Notably, this patient was diagnosed with bilateral neuropathy two months prior and self-reportedly experienced gait abnormalities one month prior. Initial exam findings […]
Abstract Number: 804
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 61-year-old female with a complex psychiatric history presented with gait instability after accidental head trauma, which was initially diagnosed as post-concussive syndrome. Over the next month, the patient began to exhibit progressively erratic behavior with angry outbursts, visual hallucinations, tangential speech, poor sleep, and decreased appetite. Initial serum electrolyte and other blood […]
Abstract Number: H33
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 74-year-old fully independent man with diabetes mellitus and hypertension developed wavy, vertical double vision which was worse in the right eye and with reading. On outpatient evaluation, he was diagnosed with metamorphopsia and palinopsia. Four weeks later, he was admitted with headache, unsteady gait, dysphagia, and visual distortion. On exam, he was well-appearing, […]
Abstract Number: M25
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: 62-year-old Caucasian female with no significant medical history presented with complaint of worsening generalized weakness, difficulty with word finding, blurred vision, left arm and leg weakness ongoing for 3-4 weeks. 3 weeks ago she was discharged from an outside hospital after evaluation for similar complaints. Since discharge had worsening weakness, and decided to […]