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Search Results for Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis
Abstract Number: 414
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: A 66-year-old woman with a past medical history of scleroderma, inflammatory lung disease, and remote bilateral breast cancer status post bilateral mastectomy and chemotherapy was admitted for lung biopsy. The patient developed flu-like symptoms and was started on oral antibiotics after she was seen in an urgent care clinic. Despite this, she developed […]
Abstract Number: 415
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: A 68-year-old woman with a past medical history of hypertension and relapsing Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (TTP) presented with acute kidney injury. She was diagnosed nine years ago with TTP and had three subsequent relapses; the last episode was seven years ago. She had undergone treatment with steroids, rituximab, and plasmapheresis. She was incidentally […]
Abstract Number: 675
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: A 62 year old male with history of rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis due to anti-glomerular basement membrane (anti-GBM) disease who remains dialysis dependent after failing to respond to steroids and plasmapheresis eight months ago presented with two months of worsening vision and frontal headaches. The patient also has chronic systolic heart failure with an […]
Abstract Number: 772
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: 65-year-old female with hypertension and smoking history presented with a gradual onset of painful, edematous feet for 4-days. She continued to develop erythema and a constant, nonradiating pain in her feet. The patient also noted an increase in her baseline dyspnea, migratory arthralgias, and recurrent sinusitis. On exam, she had sinus tachycardia, inspiratory wheezing, and edematous, erythematous feet. […]