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Abstract Number: 338
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 58-year-old man with a medical history of recurrent acute on chronic pancreatitis due to alcohol use disorder presented with a 3-day history of right-sided pleuritic chest pain and dyspnea. Chest X-ray revealed a new large right-sided pleural effusion. Analysis of the aspirated serosanguinous exudative pleural fluid yielded a total amylase of 24,600 […]
Abstract Number: 343
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 36-year-old Haitian female presented with a four-month history of “pus like drainage from a left abdominal wall opening”. It began with left flank pain followed by a “bump” in that area which progressed to a chronic draining fistula. There was associated lumbar back pain,aggravated by walking and relieved by lying on her […]
Abstract Number: 374
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 63-year-old female with no PMH or FH of heart disease presented to the ER with dyspnea and pressure-like central chest pain. She reported a 3-week history of cough, sore throat and rhinorrhea. On evaluation, vital signs were T 97.8°F, BP 143/85 mmHg, HR 150/min, RR 20/min and SpO297%. Physical exam was significant […]
Abstract Number: 527
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 58 year-old Caucasian female presented with a history of painful lesions of the gluteal, perineal, and vulvar areas. These lesions had been progressive with worsening drainage and scar formation over the last decade. She was treated with multiple antibiotics and antifungals in the past without improvement. No lesions were seen in her axilla. […]
Abstract Number: 804
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 59 year-old man with a history of hepatitis C virus infection and hepatocellular carcinoma who received an orthotopic liver transplant 8 years ago, presented with acute onset epigastric pain and melena 6 days after percutaneous liver biopsy was performed to assess for recurrent HCV allograft infection. He had epigastric tenderness with guarding […]