Meeting
Abstract Number: 408
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: A 72 year old man with stage 4 metastatic prostate cancer, on Abiraterone acetate and prednisone status post bilateral orchiectomy presented with severe hypocalcemia at 5.2mg/dL. Patient denied muscle twitching or cramping, nausea, vomiting, confusion, or gait instability. EKG showed QTc prolongation at 0.507seconds. Physical exam was negative for Chvostek and Trousseau’s sign. […]
Abstract Number: 416
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: A 61 year-old woman presented with unbearable weakness and muscle aches that progressed over the past two weeks. The patient was seen in clinic the day prior for these symptoms and overall lethargy to the point of inability to stand or walk. On examination, she had generalized weakness, dry skin, a flat affect, […]