Meeting
Abstract Number: 491
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: Mr. M is a 66 year old man with a history of a kidney transplant and extensive coronary disease with a recent myocardial infarction and code blue arrest 2 months prior to admission. He presented to an outside facility with altered mental status and seizures attributed to severe hyponatremia (Na 115). The patient […]
Abstract Number: 771
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: Cryptococcus is known for causing meningoencephalitis in immunocompromised individuals. We present a case of cryptococcal infection outside the central nervous system in a relatively immunocompetent host. A 77 year-old male who immigrated from India at twenty years of age, with history of polycythemia vera, initially presented with hoarseness, occasional non-productive cough, weight loss […]