Meeting
Abstract Number: 382
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 50-year-old Filipino man with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes mellitus presented with 4 days of fever, abdominal pain and distention. He endorsed unintentional weight loss of 30lbs over the last year as well as a chronic cough. The physical exam was notable for bibasilar lung crackles and abdominal distention with diffuse tenderness […]
Abstract Number: 736
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: The patient is a 20-year-old male with no past medical history who presented with a 6 day history of 6/10 constant sharp abdominal pain focused in the right upper quadrant (RUQ). The pain was worsened by eating, and associated with one episode of yellow, non-bloody vomiting. The patient denied any diarrhea, bloody stool, […]
Abstract Number: 752
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 27-year-old white male with adult-onset asthma and recurrent pneumonia presented to a rural hospital with a one month history of ascending lower extremity numbness. He also reported fever, fatigue, night sweats, and a twenty-pound weight loss over three weeks. Initial workup revealed leukocytosis and eosinophilia, prompting transfer to our facility for further […]
Abstract Number: 785
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 59 year old man presented to the ER with shortness of breath, non-productive cough and fever of 103○F. He was also being followed for an enlarging left tricep mass that has grown significantly in size for the past 2 months, currently at 11cm in diameter. CBC now revealed a WBC count of […]