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Abstract Number: 309
A BERIBERI UNUSUAL CASE: THIAMINE DEFICIENCY OVERLOOKED
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 40-year-old woman with a history of anxiety presented with one week of diffuse abdominal pain, associated with constipation, decreased oral intake, nausea, and bilious emesis three times a day. She was admitted to an outside hospital one month prior with similar symptoms and treated for pneumonia. The patient lives alone and denied […]
Abstract Number: 310
DISSEMINATED BLASTOMYCOSIS: AN UNUSUAL CASE OF DIZZINESS
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 60-year-old woman with no past medical history presented for evaluation of progressive dizziness with associated right-sided hearing loss. On exam, a fluctuant right occipital scalp abscess was noted. CT of the head was suspicious for mastoiditis. She underwent incision and drainage and was subsequently discharged with oral Amoxicillin-clavulanate. Her symptoms persisted for […]
Abstract Number: 311
NOT JUST FOR KIDS: A CASE OF MULTI-SYSTEM INFLAMMATORY SYNDROME IN A YOUNG ADULT WITH COVID-19
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: This is a 21 year old man with prior polysubstance use who presented with worsening pleuritic chest pain, subjective fever, diffuse abdominal pain, and diarrhea for three days. He reported testing positive for COVID-19 17 days prior to admission, but for 14 days thereafter had only mild symptoms of non-productive cough and malaise. […]
Abstract Number: 312
WHEN ELEVATED LACTATE IS NOT DUE TO SHOCK: CONSIDER THIAMINE DEFICIENCY
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: The patient is an immunosuppressed 57 year old male with small bowel and liver transplant due to trauma from a motor vehicle accident 20 years prior and end ileostomy due to anal carcinoma. His chief complaint was “dizziness,” consisting of lightheadedness and diplopia. His wife described three months of progressive forgetfulness and fabricating […]
Abstract Number: 313
SEVERE IMMUNE THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA SECONDARY TO SYNTHETIC CANNABINOID USE
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: 46 year old male with history of hypertension on losartan, gastroesophageal reflux disease on omeprazole and history of gout (not on medications) presents to his primary care provider for a new onset skin rash. Examination revealed a non-pruritic, petechial rash on his anterior chest and upper extremities that started 5 days ago. He […]
Abstract Number: 314
WHEN THE PUI ACTUALLY HAS PCP
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: Case presentationA 47 yo female with a history of hypertension, obesity, and prediabetes presented to the emergency department of a community hospital with a 2 week history of a nonproductive cough and generalized weakness. Her chest x-ray showed bilateral patchy airspace opacities. Chest CT PE protocol was negative for pulmonary embolus, but showed […]
Abstract Number: 315
COMBINED IMMUNODEFICIENCIES ARE NOT JUST FOR KIDS
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 50 year-old non-smoking Hispanic man with history of interstitial lung disease and recurrent pulmonary infections including recent Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia (PJP) presented with 2 weeks history of fever, productive cough, and worsening of dyspnea. The patient reported dyspepsia with oral thrush. During his childhood in Mexico, the patient experienced multiple upper and […]
Abstract Number: 316
A RARE CAUSE OF PERSISTENT UMBILICAL DRAINAGE
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 71-year-old man presented with pus from the umbilicus. Past medical history was pertinent for persistent urinary tract infection for a month, complicated by feculent urine and pneumaturia despite two rounds of antibiotics, and 20-lb weight loss. He was found to have purulent drainage from the umbilicus. Lower abdomen was tender without rebound […]
Abstract Number: 317
HOLY SPONTANEOUS HEPARIN INDUCED THROMBOCYTOPENIA
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: A 54-year-old male with a medical history significant for hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and type II diabetes initially presented to a local Emergency Department for acute left arm weakness. He had been seen at an urgent care clinic four days prior for upper respiratory infection and prescribed amoxicillin. A non-contrast computerized tomography (CT) scan of […]
Abstract Number: 318
AXILLARY ARTERY ANEURYSM AS RARE CAUSE OF CONCURRENT CEREBELLAR INFARCT AND ACUTE LIMB ISCHEMIA
SHM Converge 2021
Case Presentation: 57 year old male with history of hypertension, hyperlipidemia, poliomyelitis with right leg atrophy and chronic crutch use presented with right-sided hearing loss, vertigo, and arm numbness. MRI brain and MRA head and neck revealed acute infarction in the right inferior cerebellum in the Anterior and Posterior Inferior Cerebellar Artery territories; left cerebellar […]
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