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Abstract Number: 504
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: A 78 year old female with Type 2 diabetes, HTN, vitiligo, sacral decubitus ulcers, CHF, and atrial fibrillation presented with fevers and two weeks of malaise, dizziness, progressive somnolence, and altered mental status. Per her husband, she also had some episodes of sweating but had not complained of any headaches or palpitations. At […]
Abstract Number: 574
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: A 61 year old female with history of metastatic breast carcinoma presented to the hospital for an elective vertebral cryoablation and kyphoplasty to treat her painful bony metastasis. She has known vertebral lytic lesions in addition to a suspected right adrenal involvement. On the first day, cryoablation was performed uneventfully under general anesthesia. […]
Abstract Number: 699
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Case Presentation: We report a case of a 29 yo female whose initial clinical manifestation of pheochromocytoma/MEN was suspected due to an incidental discovery of bilateral adrenal lesions revealed by abdominal CT instead of a positive family history with relevant symptoms. Despite repeatedly presenting to the emergency department for episodic anxiety accompanied by hypertension, the […]
Abstract Number: 713
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Introduction: Pheochromocytoma is a rare adrenal tumor causing hypertensive crisis. The classic triad of symptoms in patients include palpitations, headaches and tremor, however, not every patient manifests with this typical presentation. Here we present a case of pheochromoctyoma who had adrenergic crisis after receiving antihistamine medication in the emergency room. Case Presentation: A 45 year […]