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Abstract Number: A27
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 25 year old woman with history of asthma presented to the emergency department with one week of sore throat, cough, shortness of breath, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. Upon arrival, she was hypotensive, tachycardic, tachypneic, febrile, and was found to have leukocytosis, elevated lactate, procalcitonin, and creatinine prompting concern for septic shock. She […]
Abstract Number: A31
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: Chondrosarcoma is a tumor of malignant chondrocytes that commonly arises in the proximal femur, pelvis, and hip. We report this very unusual case of a patient presenting initially with chronic voice hoarseness, who was found to have a growing mass in the larynx with features of a chondrosarcoma.A 45-year-old male with a past […]
Abstract Number: A40
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 50-year-old man with a past medical history notable for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, peptic ulcer disease, gout, and depression presented to the emergency department with a 5-day history of constant, sharp, epigastric abdominal pain. Preceding these symptoms, he experienced an episode of severe nausea, non-bilious non-bloody vomiting, diarrhea, and chills after eating […]
Abstract Number: A41
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 45-year-old Vietnamese female with history of H. pylori who presented with worsening nausea, vomiting, epigastric abdominal pain and early satiety. Patient reported her epigastric pain had been intermittent for the past six months but had acutely worsen in the last two weeks. There were no initial inciting events that triggered these symptoms. […]
Abstract Number: A46
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: Our patient is a 27 y/o male with PMHx of HIV (CD4 count 740, HIV viral load 100 copies/mL), Type I Diabetes who presented to the emergency room for tachycardia and fever. ED vitals notable for temperature of 39.1° C and heart rate of 108. White blood cells notable to be 13.8 thousand/mcL. […]
Abstract Number: A48
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 79-year-old patient with a history of esophageal cancer status post esophagectomy six years prior with neo-esophagus creation and chemotherapy currently in remission, was admitted for upper tract gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding. An esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) demonstrated several non-bleeding gastric ulcers. Given stability and resolution of the bleeding, the patient was discharged home. Later that […]
Abstract Number: B28
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 51-year-old female with no significant medical history presented to the hospital after a ground-level fall with severe thoracic back pain, paresthesia, paresis of both lower extremities and urinary incontinence. Exam revealed thoracic spine tenderness, bilateral diminished sensation up to two inches above the umbilicus and 1/5 bilateral lower extremity strength. Spinal MRI […]
Abstract Number: B39
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 53-year-old male with a past medical history of hypertension who recently emigrated from El Salvador presented to an ambulatory clinic for evaluation of substernal chest pain that started eight days earlier. He described the chest pain as intermittent, non-radiating, and associated with palpitations, chills, shortness of breath, and diaphoresis. He denied fever, […]
Abstract Number: B41
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 34-year-old female with a history of hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and SLE presented with acute substernal tightness associated with nausea and vomiting. She denied fever, chills, diaphoresis, or palpitations. Her EKG showed sinus rhythm with new T wave inversions in anterior leads. Troponin elevation was noted with a peak of 4.48. Echocardiogram showed normal […]
Abstract Number: B46
SHM Converge 2022
Case Presentation: A 44-year-old male with a past medical history of psoriatic arthritis [on Guselkumab], asthma presented to the ED with worsening shortness of breath for 10 days and midsternal chest pain for 3 days. He tested positive for COVID-19 one week before and received monoclonal antibodies 2 days before presentation. He had COVID-19 infection […]