Meeting
Abstract Number: 624
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 47-year-old African American woman with poly-substance abuse presented with a facial rash, bilateral hand joint pain and painful ulcers to the lower extremities for one week. Physical examination revealed violaceous tender skin lesions on the bilateral helices and right naris. There was mild erythema to the malar area involving the naso-labial folds. […]
Abstract Number: 667
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: The prevalence of cocaine use is growing worldwide. Damaging effects of cocaine on the cardiovascular, neurologic, and pulmonary systems are well-established. In recent years, evidence has emerged for cocaine-induced damage to other organs, such as the liver and kidney. This is a case of end-organ damage from regular cocaine use. A 65-year-old man […]
Abstract Number: 804
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 49 year-old woman with levamisole-associated skin disease was admitted for worsening lower extremity ulcers and neutropenia in the setting of active cocaine use. Five years prior to admission, she presented in a similar fashion with retiform purpura and ulcerations of the left knee, neutropenia, characteristic autoantibodies, and a skin biopsy demonstrating thrombosis […]