Meeting
Abstract Number: 534
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 69-year-old male with a past medical history of hyperlipidemia on atorvastatin and type 2 diabetes presenting with progressive muscle pain and weakness. Who reports proximal muscle weakness, worsening over four years, and most prominent in the lower extremities. He started atorvastatin approximately one year prior to evaluation and has a family history […]
Abstract Number: 649
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: Lyme disease (LD) is caused by the Ixodes tick-borne infection with spirochetes Borrelia burgdorferi [1]. LD is most commonly reported in the Northeastern and upper Midwestern United States [2]. It is divided into three stages. Early localized, stage 1, with Erythema Migrans (EM) bull’s eye lesion present in 70-80% of patients [1], within […]
Abstract Number: 830
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: Rheumatoid myositis is often underdiagnosed due to its variable laboratory, MRI, and biopsy findings and often misdiagnosed as idiopathic polymyositis.50-year-old female with seronegative RA and vocal cord dysfunction after COVID-19 infection presented with worsening proximal muscle weakness, dysphagia, and arthritis. A few years back she had multiple episodes of bilateral MCP swelling and […]