Meeting
Abstract Number: 606
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: 39 YO WM presented to PCP with lower back pain that he initially attributed to pulling muscles after playing golf. Pain persisted and got worse. His PCP ordered lumbar spine CT when he started to have cauda equina compression symptoms which showed intradural sacral mass. Initial labs revealed 45% eosinophilia and mild leukocytosis. […]
Abstract Number: 750
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 62-year-old man presented with progressive lower back pain for six months’ duration. He noticed significant weight loss, occasional sweats, and subjective fevers. No significant neurological symptoms or any other significant complaints. Patient lives mainly in Texas, but goes to Mexico during winter time for a couple of months. He denied tobacco abuse, […]