Meeting
Abstract Number: 0683
SHM Converge 2025
Case Presentation: A 27-year-old woman with no significant medical history presented with a two-month history of headache, neck stiffness, nausea, vomiting, photophobia, back pain, and fever. Two months prior, she underwent liposuction and a Brazilian Butt Lift. Examination showed nuchal rigidity and lumbar tenderness. Labs revealed elevated ESR (24 mm/hr) and CRP (31.9 mg/dL), with [...]
Abstract Number: 0708
SHM Converge 2025
Case Presentation: A 68 year old Ohioan male with history of chronic renal failure and prior evaluation for monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) presents with weakness and unintentional weight loss. Previous work up identified Bence Jones proteinuria, normal K/L ratio, serum immunofixation (IF) and serum protein electrophoresis (SPEP) with two IgG lambda bands and [...]
Abstract Number: 0727
SHM Converge 2025
Case Presentation: A 73-year-old male with hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and mild COPD presented with word-finding difficulties. Initial brain imaging at an outside hospital suggested a left intra-axial peri-Rolandic lesion, raising suspicion for a primary brain tumor like glioma. He was transferred for neurosurgical evaluation, where MRI revealed a ring-enhancing lesion with restricted diffusion, consistent with a [...]
Abstract Number: 0860
SHM Converge 2025
Case Presentation: We present the case of a 77-year-old man admitted with failure to thrive and progressive dyspnea. He had a 6-year history of lung squamous cell carcinoma and a recent history of immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) toxicity (myocarditis, pneumonitis, and hepatitis), currently on week 27 of a prednisone taper (35 mg daily). He was [...]