Meeting
Abstract Number: 0455
SHM Converge 2025
Case Presentation: A previously healthy, vaccinated 9-year-old female on amoxicillin for recent Group A strep pharyngitis presented to the emergency department with a 10 day history of daily fevers and severe right lower quadrant abdominal pain limiting her ambulation and activity level. She denied any headaches, nausea, vomiting, hip pain, knee pain, or traumatic injuries. [...]
Abstract Number: 0709
SHM Converge 2025
Case Presentation: A 69-year-old male with a significant past medical history of rheumatoid arthritis on methotrexate presented with acute-on-chronic lumbar pain. Initial imaging revealed an L3 compression fracture, with findings suggestive of discitis or osteomyelitis at L2-L3. MRI confirmed discitis/osteomyelitis, along with an epidural abscess and bilateral psoas abscesses. Further imaging also revealed cavitary pulmonary [...]