Meeting
Abstract Number: 486
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: Introduction: Hydralazine is an adjunctive antihypertensive medication that is associated with antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA) – associated vasculitis. Kidney involvement usually comprises a pauci-immune, necrotizing glomerulonephritis with crescents. We describe a rare case of hydralazine induced ANCA positive vasculitis with acute tubulointerstitial nephritis and without glomerular involvement. Case Report: A 74 year old […]
Abstract Number: 896
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: 72-year-old Caucasian woman with PMH of cervical spinal stenosis presented with one-month history of worsening generalized weakness and soreness in all her extremities. Three months prior she had complained of persistent headaches for which she took ibuprofen with limited relief. Suspected of having GCA based on ESR 75 mm/hr with no biopsy at […]