Meeting
Abstract Number: 512
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 41-year-old female with a history of hypertension, depression, and alcohol abuse presented to the emergency department with right facial swelling and pain after biting her cheek the previous night. The patient first noticed a small, unconcerning “red bump” on her cheek that was minimally painful earlier that morning. She was admitted to […]
Abstract Number: 708
Hospital Medicine 2018; April 8-11; Orlando, Fla.
Case Presentation: A 54-year-old male with hereditary spherocytosis, status-post splenectomy presented to the emergency room complaining of acute onset neck pain for 2 days. This was localized on the left side of his neck and associated with odynophagia. The patient endorsed mild headache but no photophobia or fever. His vital signs were stable with a […]