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Abstract Number: 457
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: A 29-year-old African-American female presented with two weeks of left neck swelling and fever. Over four months, she had noted fatigue, cough, night sweats, and an unintentional 12-pound weight loss. Two empiric courses of antibiotics effected no clinical change. She had no toxic habits and was sexually active with one male partner. […]
Abstract Number: 606
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: A 19 y/o woman presents with dyspnea and chest pain that began one week ago. Dyspnea is worse on exertion. She also complains of substernal chest pain, worse upon breathing. Associated symptoms are subjective fevers, dizziness, sore throat, productive cough of green sputum and myalgias. Denies nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, rashes, exposure to […]
Abstract Number: 779
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: A 52 y.o with a past medical history of uncontrolled, untreated hypertension presented to our hospital with a 3 week history of progressively worsening lower extremity edema and shortness of breath. Review of systems was positive for hoarse voice x6 months, unintentional weight gain, cold intolerance, abdominal fullness, and cough productive of white […]