Meeting
Abstract Number: 0878
SHM Converge 2025
Case Presentation: An 86-year-old female with a history of atrial fibrillation, hyperlipidemia, and recurrent pneumonia presented with worsening dyspnea, productive cough, and significant oxygen dependency. CT imaging revealed bilateral dense consolidations and nodular infiltrates, raising suspicion for malignancy, cryptogenic organizing pneumonia, or aspiration-related pathology. Despite broad-spectrum antibiotics and steroids, her clinical condition remained refractory. Bronchoscopy [...]
Abstract Number: 0930
SHM Converge 2025
Case Presentation: A 43-year-old African-American ex-smoker with a history of biopsy-proven multisystem sarcoidosis in remission, morbid obesity, and pulmonary hypertension presented with left lower quadrant pain and was found to have multiple ventral hernias containing bowel loops without any obstruction on CT scan, following which she was discharged with outpatient surgery follow-up. Prior to contrast [...]