Meeting
Abstract Number: 686
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: A 40-year-old man with inconsistently treated HIV infection presented with a progressive cough, dyspnea, and pleuritic chest pain over a two-week period which were associated with fevers, chills, night sweats, and a 40-pound weight loss. He emigrated from Mexico 10 years prior and had traveled to the central valley of California. On physical […]
Abstract Number: 810
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Case Presentation: We present a case of a 5 year-old immunocompetent Egyptian immigrant who spent 6 months in an endemic region – the Ohio River Valley – and presented in California with acute onset cough, shortness of breath and chest pain along with poorly localized abdominal pain. Chest CT revealed a right superior anterior mediastinal […]