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Abstract Number: 26
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: Spontaneous spinal epidural hematoma (SSEH) is a hematoma that happens without an insult. Although a rare entity, it can result in spinal cord compression. Etiologies include anticoagulant therapies, coagulopathies, blood dyscrasias, pregnancy, and vascular malformations (1). We present a case of SSEH in the setting of heparin and clopidogrel use during a vascular […]
Abstract Number: 439
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: We report a case of a 49-year-old Caucasian male presenting with sudden chest pain worsened by inspiration. Patient reports Birt-Hogg-Dubé Syndrome (BHDS) diagnosis via skin biopsy 5 years ago. Examination is significant for 2-4 mm flesh-colored, dome-shaped papules on the head and neck. No murmurs, chest wall tenderness, wheezing or rhonchi were appreciated. […]
Abstract Number: 450
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: 74 year old female with past medical history of end stage renal disease on hemodialysis, hypothyroidism and atrial fibrillation on anticoagulation therapy with Apixaban presented to emergency department (ED) after an episode of near-syncope following her dialysis session. In the ED she was hypotensive and tachycardic. Electrocardiogram findings showed Atrial fibrillation(AF) with rapid […]
Abstract Number: 551
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 63-year-old woman with a history of Lynch Syndrome who presented with acute chest pain. Her Lynch Syndrome manifested with invasive moderately differentiated adenocarinoma of the sigmoid colon managed with hemicolectomy as well as 9 cycles of Leuocoverin, 5-Fluorouriacil (5-FU) and oxaliplatin (FOLFOX) and prophylactic total hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy. She completed her […]
Abstract Number: 576
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: We present a 26-year-old female with history of endometriosis and recurrent tubo-ovarian abscess (TOA). She was admitted for a TOA in 2021, and her course was complicated by a right sided spontaneous pneumothorax. On review, she had experienced two prior episodes of right-sided pneumothorax in 2017 and 2020.The first episode resolved spontaneously; while […]
Abstract Number: 740
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 41 year old female with a history of Hypertension, Hyperlipidemia, Morbid obesity, and Prediabetes presented with a six week history of daily, frontal, pressure-like, positional headaches exacerbated by standing with associated nausea and vomiting. Patient’s medication list included Metformin, Semaglutide, Losartan, and Fexofenadine. Given minimal resolution with over the counter analgesics Magnetic […]
Abstract Number: 753
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: An 80 year old female presented with severe interscapular back pain of abrupt onset with radiation to the epigastrium. There was no preceding trauma. 43 days prior to current presentation, she was hospitalized for acute pulmonary embolism and was discharged home on apixaban. Other past medical history included hypertension, hyperlipidemia and coronary artery […]