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Abstract Number: 534
AN UNUSUAL CASE OF PROGRESSIVE WEAKNESS
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
A RARE AND UNUSUAL CASE OF LYME MYOSITIS.
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: 689
TROUBLING LABS – IT’S ALL IN-VEIN!
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: 80 y.o. female with a history significant for hypertension and hyperlipidemia who presented to the Emergency Department for abnormal blood work. Patient had been in her usual state of health but had noticed a dark color to her urine and a yellow tinge to her eyes.On review of her blood work she was […]
Abstract Number: 793
TRANSVERSE MYELITIS IN SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS – A THERAPEUTIC PUZZLE
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 25-year-old female patient presented to the hospital with intermittent fever and frontal headache for the past month and sudden onset bilateral lower limb sensorimotor weakness along with sphincter dysfunction for the past 2 days. There was no history of neck rigidity or back pain. No incidence of trauma, dizziness, or loss of […]
Abstract Number: 830
DIAGNOSTIC CHALLENGE OF A RARE CAUSE OF PROXIMAL MUSCLE WEAKNESS
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 […]
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