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Abstract Number: 379
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 65 year-old woman with a history of renal cell cancer status post nephrectomy and breast cancer treated with lumpectomy and radiation presented with three weeks of progressive lower extremity weakness and confusion. She had poor short-term memory, word-finding difficulties, and difficulty walking. She had no fever, night sweats, or weight loss. Exam […]
Abstract Number: 433
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 67 year old woman presented with right upper quadrant abdominal pain and was diagnosed with acute cholecystitis. She underwent elective cholecystectomy, complicated by Clostridium difficile colitis. Despite treatment with oral Vancomycin, she had persistent diarrhea and failure to thrive for a month. Repeat Clostridium difficile toxin was negative. Esophagogastroduodenoscopy showed erosive gastritis […]
Abstract Number: 436
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: 54 years old man with a history of hypertension was hospitalized due to elevated BUN/creatinine of 33/4.6 mg/dL and Hb of 9.9 mg/dL (baseline 15). He endorsed dyspnea on exertion, anorexia and weight loss of 15 pounds in 6 months. One month ago, he was treated for acute bronchitis with levofloxacin and was […]
Abstract Number: 537
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 29 year old male with a history of known dental caries and HIV with a CD4 count of 871/uL and an undetectable viral load presented with one month of right-sided jaw pain and facial numbness. He was initially treated for Bell’s palsy and dental abscess without improvement. It was recommended that he […]
Abstract Number: 655
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 63 year-old gentleman had a history of ischemic cardiomyopathy treated with Orthotopic Heart Transplant (OHT), on tacrolimus & prednisone; cutaneous Kaposi Sarcoma (KS); & negative pre-transplant Human Herpesvirus 8 (HHV8) serology. He presented 5 months after OHT with progressive dyspnea on exertion, orthopnea & bilateral lower extremities swelling since 1 week. On […]
Abstract Number: 766
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 30-year-old African American man with no prior medical history presented with two weeks of sharp lower back pain radiating to the left flank and leg with associated tingling. He also reported night sweats, chills, and subjective fevers during this time. He denied recent weight loss, bowel and bladder dysfunction, IV drug use, […]
Abstract Number: 865
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 22 year old man, originally from Guatemala, presented with recurrent episodes of right sided facial swelling associated with superficial oral ulcers and change in voice. He did not have any family history of angioedema and no known past history. At initial presentation, physical exam was significant for diffuse swelling of the right […]
Abstract Number: 885
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 50-year-old woman presented with fever two month after returning from Mexico. Three weeks before the hospital admission, a gradual onset of fever occurred, which became increasingly worse and then continuous. She presented to our hospital with a fever of unknown origin after two prior clinics were unable to determine the cause. Of […]