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Abstract Number: 715
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: 62-year-old man with recent hospitalization for septic shock due to toe osteomyelitis,complicated by severe C. difficile infection requiring fecal transplant 3 weeks prior to admission,presenting with confusion,right-sided weakness,and ataxia.Symptoms were first noted 2 weeks after the fecal transplant and consisted of depressed mood and right shoulder weakness.Neurological exam was notable for neglect of […]
Abstract Number: 727
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 62-year-old man presented with six months of progressive lower back pain. He noticed weight loss, sweats, and subjective fevers, but denied neurological symptoms or a other complaints. Patient lives in Texas, but travels to Mexico during winter. He denied tobacco abuse, intravenous drug use, incarceration or animal exposure. He reported eating unpasteurized […]
Abstract Number: 764
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 22-year-old Hispanic male presented with a 4 day history of rectal and abdominal pain. He denied any previous medical history. He also noted three months of productive cough, pyrexia, chills, night sweats, fatigue, and weight loss. Physical examination revealed right lower quadrant tenderness accompanied by abdominal rigidity and involuntary guarding. The patient declined digital rectal examination. […]
Abstract Number: 780
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 47-year-old male with a past medical history of Bell’s palsy, hypertension, end-stage renal disease on hemodialysis, papillary thyroid cancer s/p thyroidectomy, and post-surgical hypothyroidism presented with new-onset left sided ptosis, mydriasis and retro-orbital pain. Approximately, three weeks ago he experienced similar symptoms without corresponding headache that self-resolved. The review of systems was […]
Abstract Number: 797
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 67-year-old Fijean woman presented to the emergency department with three weeks of fevers, chills, weakness, watery non-bloody diarrhea, and unintentional 15lb weight loss. She had no recent travel, sick contacts, changes in dietary habits, antibiotic use, or initiation of new medications. Physical exam was significant for epigastric tenderness and hepatomegaly. Her laboratory […]